Moving blue bells
 

My garden has lots of blue bells - but often in the wrong place. Can you dig
them up and move them?

If so, any tips?

In message , davout
writes
My garden has lots of blue bells - but often in the wrong place. Can you dig
them up and move them?

If so, any tips?


Bluebells are very tough, so unless you poison them with something, they
should move easily. Someone (not me) dug all mine right down into the
soil a couple of years ago but they made it back to the surface and
thrived again.
--
June Hughes

In article , davout
writes
My garden has lots of blue bells - but often in the wrong place. Can you dig
them up and move them?

If so, any tips?


It's virtually impossible to kill bluebells. The only thing that can go
wrong is not digging deeply enough and leaving the bulbs behind - the
bulbs are often more than 6 inches deep. Even then, if you dig deeper
and get the bulb, it will recover - it'll just have a set back for a
year.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

On Sat, 28 May 2005 10:55:12 +0100, davout wrote:

My garden has lots of blue bells - but often in the wrong place.

Real English ones I hope, not the Spanish...

They are tough as old boots with a deep bulb, having said they are
tough the bulb isn't that robust and may well become a nasty slimy
lump of layers. If they are English Bluebells move 'em. Spanish dig
'em out and destroy putting real English ones into the right place.

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Cheers
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