On Fri, 02 May 2003 21:19:25 +0100, Hussein M. wrote:

~
~I have been trying to get a clump going in the garden for three years
~now (from two cultivated bulb pots bought from a garden centre) and
~they don't seem to be spreading at all, and I'm now thinking my
~allotment orchard would be a marvellous place to grow them.
~
~I don't want Spanish or Hybrid bells (both have cream pollen) as there
~are way too many of those about!
~
~ Toy want the genuine Hyacinthoides non-scripta they can be obtained
~from:
~
~The Herb Garden & Historical Plants Nursery - herbs, wild flowers &
~native species
~http://www.historicalplants.co.uk/section1.html
~
~ They do mail order and H. non-scripta are1.50 a throw.

I know, I can't afford to buy as many as I would need to make a nice
display. The two lame pots I have cost me £6 and after 4 years I've got one
pathetic flower stem.

That's why I thought I'd see if anyone was trying to get rid of them!

~
~ Except for the ones growing in the wild I can't remember the last
~time I saw a native bluebell. You certainly can't dig them from the
~wild and I think seed germination may be a little problematic.

Exactly!
We have a seriously wonderful bluebell wood near work, and the owners have
chainlink fenced it off. Should be nicely protected!
cheers


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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