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Originally Posted by Roger Tonkin
My local mobile post office man threw this one at me today.
He has a wooded area, mainly of cob nuts, with a carpet of bluebells
underneath. He would like to plant some contrasting flowers (red and
yellow/white) to flower with the bluebells. In spring, the canopy is
quite thin, but gets thicker during the summer, but still has light
coming through. At least 6" of the soil is just leaf mould.
What would anyone suggest?
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I think that's a tricky one, as bluebells tend to out-compete everything in sight - that's why we have such wonderful bluebell woods. Flowering before or after the bluebells would be a lot easier to achieve.
Natural woodland plants flowering in spring include ramsons (white) - also a strong competitor, and wood anemone (also white). Just a bit later you'd get red campion (pink) and greater stitchwort (white), which make a good combination.
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