On Tue, 18 May 2010 06:44:52 -0400, Cheshire gdner
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'Rusty Hinge[_2_ Wrote:
;887077']Jo wrote:

Native bluebells are slightly smaller, have thinner stems, and the
flowers all hang predominately from one side of the stem.

--
Rusty

And native ones have creamy-white anthers whereas Spanish ones have blue
ones.

Are the anthers just the bits on the end?
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Cheshire gdner wrote:[color=blue]
'Rusty Hinge[_2_ Wrote:
;887077']Jo wrote:

Native bluebells are slightly smaller, have thinner stems, and the
flowers all hang predominately from one side of the stem.

--
Rusty

And native ones have creamy-white anthers whereas Spanish ones have blue
ones.

Found a stand of British ones beside the loke which runs down past my house.

Some vandal's mown some of them.

--
Rusty

mogga wrote:

Are the anthers just the bits on the end?

The anthers are the pollen-bearing wossnames surrounding the stigma
inside the flower.

--
Rusty

Rusty Hinge wrote:[color=blue]
Cheshire gdner wrote:
'Rusty Hinge[_2_ Wrote:
;887077']Jo wrote:

Native bluebells are slightly smaller, have thinner stems, and the
flowers all hang predominately from one side of the stem.

--
Rusty

And native ones have creamy-white anthers whereas Spanish ones have
blue ones.

Found a stand of British ones beside the loke which runs down past my
house.
Some vandal's mown some of them.

He should himself be mown. But I've been half tempted to a different
kind of vandalism myself: the Gelli Aur country park outside Carmarthen
has a remarkable form of what I was sure were the natives, having white
flowers with on each petal a narrow streak of pink. Pure white ones
aren't very unusual, and pink ones are (I believe) not unheard-of; but
I've never seen this form anywhere else. Fortunately public spirit and
natural timidity combined to prevent my sneaking along in the dead of
night with a spade.

--
Mike.

On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:20:30 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
wrote:
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Rusty Hinge wrote:
Cheshire gdner wrote:
'Rusty Hinge[_2_ Wrote:
;887077']Jo wrote:

Native bluebells are slightly smaller, have thinner stems, and the
flowers all hang predominately from one side of the stem.

--
Rusty

And native ones have creamy-white anthers whereas Spanish ones have
blue ones.

Found a stand of British ones beside the loke which runs down past my
house.
Some vandal's mown some of them.

He should himself be mown. But I've been half tempted to a different
kind of vandalism myself: the Gelli Aur country park outside Carmarthen
has a remarkable form of what I was sure were the natives, having white
flowers with on each petal a narrow streak of pink. Pure white ones
aren't very unusual, and pink ones are (I believe) not unheard-of; but
I've never seen this form anywhere else. Fortunately public spirit and
natural timidity combined to prevent my sneaking along in the dead of
night with a spade.

I have blue, pink and white bluebells, but only the Spanish type,
sadly.
At least mowing bluebells does not destroy the bulbs, though it will
weaken them,

Pam in Bristol