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California Blue Bells
donutsmrs
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Hi everyone, has anybody ever grown California Blue Bells. I have got about 30 of these little bulbs but I don't know anything about them. Can they be invasive and take over your garden or should I just put them into a pot. Any advise would be greatly apreciated.
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Do you know their botanical name because that might help us to give advice.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Hi punkdoc, it says on the box that they are phacelia companularia, hope that helps.
The Phacelia that I know are not invasive, have beautiful flowers and the insects love them, so plant away.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Oh that great punkdoc thank you very much. Guess what I'm doing this afternoon?
Bulbs? I thought they were annuals, good for bees and green manuring
In the sticks near Peterborough
They are very similar to crocus bulbs, quite small.
That does suprise me. I've never seen those, I've only sown something I thought was called phacelia as an annual.
In the sticks near Peterborough
In tiny writing lower down on the box it says Triteleia Queen Fabiola, I will be honest I have never heard of these.
Those are bulbs donutmrs. I tried those once but I think I should have planted them as summer bulbs. I planted them with the rest in autumn when I bought them. Never saw them again.
I'm more than puzzled now though. Phacelia campanularia, annual, Boraginaceae.
Tritelia laxa 'Queen Fabiola', bulb, Alliaceae.
Yours must be the latter to have bulbs. Perhaps someone can throw some light on this. I like to know about these things
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you nutcutlet, who would have thought that such little bulbs would cause such a problem. They do look so lovely on the box though.