What do bluebell seedlings look like?
 

Davy wrote in
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Last autumn I sowed some british bluebell seeds and now
something has come up and I don't know if they are
bluebells.

The seedlings I see have grass-like leaves erupting
fountain-like from a central stem. I book I have says
the
seedlings look like chives - which I understand to mean
have individual round stems.

Can anyone help?

Davy


I think I have sussed this. I am pretty sure the plants
are pendulous sedge. We have many large pendulous sedge
plants with drop a lot of seed and some of this must have
gone into the leaves which I then used to make leafmould
to make seedling compost!

thanks everyone

Davy

What do bluebell seedlings look like?
 

Davy - do you have a pet bird, or do you feed the birds?

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from Davy contains these words:

I think I have sussed this. I am pretty sure the plants
are pendulous sedge. We have many large pendulous sedge
plants with drop a lot of seed and some of this must have
gone into the leaves which I then used to make leafmould
to make seedling compost!

I have loads of similar plants under the bird feeder - using-up seed
after the cockatiel turned-up its toes. I'm pretty sure it will be
something of that ilk.

Shortly, I'll post a photo of a grown-up plant, with seed-head.

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Grown-up seedling:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/grass_001.jpg - 141 KB

Better detail, but you'll need broadbeans -

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/grass_002.jpg - 5,964 KB

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