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Old 10-02-2011, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Christina Websell View Post
"secret my foreign friend insisted on digging up some bluebells in the wild
while I sat on a log telling her not to and how illegal it was and sweating
in case the bluebell police came..
She took them home, but they did not survive their winter. Dammit - it
would have been worth it if they had.
Tina
It is legal to dig up a few bluebells for personal usage, though you might be stealing if there is a private landowner. It is illegal to dig them up to sell commercially.

I have not successfully transplanted wild English bluebells into my garden, even though they grow in the wild nearby.