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Old 21-05-2008, 11:48 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What do bluebell seedlings look like?

On May 21, 8:14 pm, Rusty Hinge 2
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On May 21, 4:46 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
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Right,


I have managed to photograph the seedlings; you can see
them here


http://www.users.callnetuk.com/~davystokes/misc.htm


thanks


Davy


They look exactly like bluebell leaves to me!


Mary


They certainly look like Bluebell leaves Mary but NOT like how they
look when they have just germinated from seed, these look at least 2-3
years old. When the seed germinates they look EXACTLY like a grass
shoot. I'm intrigued now as to what they really are.


Nothing like bluebells: bluebell leaves don't grow from a stem like
that, they all come from the ground in a sheaf and on breaking out,
separate in a concentric bunch.

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I bow to your expertise Rusty, I just know that someone on group sent
me an envelope of seeds and they looked exactly like grass. This year
my bluebells in France have flowered well and I am going to save the
seed, advice on growing on would be helpful. I don't want to put them
straight into the earth as I did in England - is there another method
that you could recommend?

Judith