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What are these bulbs/plants?
Hi Folks
We had some garden works done when we moved into our house and the folks who carried out the work did some border digging and planting for us.
We have these huge swathes of leaves coming up where bulbs have been planted, but nothing is flowering.
Could any keen eye please tell me what they might be?
By the way, that's a Choisya Ternata there amongst it, somewhere!
To a layman like myself it seems like the bulbs are really crowded, do they need thinning out a bit?
Thanks!
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bluebells?
They look like bluebells to me too. They'll flower later - probably in May, although the season's been a bit topsy-turvy so far.
If you feel they're a bit overcrowded you can dig them up and divide and replant after they've flowered, when the leaves are beginning to go brown.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
These are Spanish Bluebells and are highly invasive. They outcompete almost everything and will spread like wildfire through your garden. I would dig them up and throw them away. They are distinct from our native bluebells in that they are bigger and have bells around the stem not just hanging down. They do look pretty, but if you haven't got much space they will rapidly become a nuisance.
They are Spanish Bluebells different from our native species in that they have flowers around the stem not just hanging down underneath. They are highly invasive and unless you have loads of space or don't mind constantly controlling them I would dig them up and put them on the compost. Even though they are pretty they will become a nuisance and crowd out everything else.
If you want something with pretty blue spring flowers that also grows in shaded spaces try Brunnera 'Jack Frost' instead. It has a lovely spray of blue flowers in early spring, then beautiful silver and mint green leaves all through the rest of the year.
I agree with Linsey, the leaves have that broader appearance that differentiates them from native bluebells. They are a menace as they interbreed with native blebells producing scentless hybrids,