EJ
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Bluebells from Eileen. |
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Look Eileen, as promised, the bit of blue in my garden from you!
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eileen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: |
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So glad they're blooming well for you EJ. Mine are just beginning to open now and they certainly add a lovely splash of colour to the garden. Thanks for taking the time to photograph them for me. 
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They are beautiful. A clump of those is a lovely sight.
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tschnath
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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How gorgeous! I've looked at getting some for my garden going in next year. Thanks for sharing.
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: blue bells |
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How difficult are blue bells to grow? Do you think they'd survive in West Texas - very dry & very hot in Summer, can get pretty cold in Winter too. Rainfall is under 20 inches per annum. Would they like sun, or shade? Our sun here is pretty intense.
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eileen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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They're pretty hardy WT and being spring flowers they will be dead before the really hot weather arrives with you. Go for the Scottish bluebells (white stamens) not the Spanish (black stamens) as they are as tough as old boots.
They take seven years to grow from seed but if you get bulbs then they should flower for you next spring.
Just let them die back once they've flowered and they will spread nicely on their own.
They don't mind being in partial shade - even under trees as they are woodland plants.
Good luck.
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glendann
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Those are so pretty EJ.I am going to be on the lookout for some of those as I do love the blue.
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: thanks |
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Thank you. I've got trees and lots of shade - unusual for West Texas, but this is an older home (built in 1960) so the trees have had time to shade the place. Scottish bluebells are the way to go, huh? I'll look for them in the U.S.
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