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Last post 29-09-2009 9:45 AM by Silver surfer. 3 replies.

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  • 22/09/2009 04:46 AM
    • Foxnfirefly
    • Virginia,USA
    • 01 Jul 2008
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    I recently came across a website about an estate/park in Scotland which had a fantastic display of bluebells of the Scottish variety.  They were so abundant and created a very dense haze of azure blue that it was breathtaking.  I am wondering if these bluebells stay around for the entire summer, or go dormant and disappear by June as do ours here in Virginia, USA.  And also, if the Scottish bluebells re-seed or spread by roots?  Any information is appreciated.  BTW--I haven't been able to find the article again but am still searching...Maybe someone here knows where they are.
  • 22/09/2009 08:46 AM
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    • sue1002
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     Good to see you about again Foxnfirefly.  When you mention Scottish bluebells, do you mean Hyacinthoides non-scripta or Campanula rotundifolia?

    If it's the Hyacinthoides non scripta, these are spring flowering bulbs and the bulbs will multiply.  If it's the Campanula rotundifolia, these are summer flowering and will either self seed or can be divided.

    sue1002
  • 29/09/2009 01:16 AM
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    • Foxnfirefly
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    Hey, Sue!  I've been checking in although a bit infrequently, just enough to catch the blogs and snippets of forums but I am still "active", believe it or not!!  Just not enough time as I wish.  I've missed being on Idle Chat.

    You really got me there.  I did not realize there was another bluebell--the campanula variety.  I did some searching and I believe it is the other one they call "wild hyacinth."  I found some lovely pictures of azure blue waves in woods in the spring.  I think it is this one:

    http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/

    Woodland walk pictures:

    http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/551114644RQWaSO

    Although this webpage says it's "common", another site said this bluebell is an endangered wildflower of Scotland.

     
  • 29/09/2009 09:45 AM
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    The pics you show are the native Hyacinthoides non-scripta. They flower in the U.K. in spring, the leaves eventually  wither and dry, and by late summer they have completely disappeared.

    They are a bulb, so grow by the division and bulking up of the bulbs as well as by seed. They grow naturally in open woodland where they flower before the leaf canopy shades them out.But also do well in the open in gardens

    This site has some super pics.

    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/154266840_6fcdfa2733_m.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/bluebell&usg=__nkP98yVAT2RWbT4nkS1AtPgbOxE=&h=221&w=240&sz=46&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=q75cIbFjg9LELM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbluebell%2Bscotland%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dp,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7SUNA_en-GB%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

     

    Just noticed that some close up pics are not the Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Woodland carpet ones are though!