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Snowdrops & Bluebell Bulbs (Tall)

  • 02-07-2013 2:44pm
    #1
    Oldstyle1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭


    I sowed the last two years snowdrops and bluebells but found they never grew very tall, barely up over the grass.

    Can you get them taller and where (Can you order online?)

    Thanks


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  • #2
    looksee
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    If you got snowdrops to flower at all you did well! It is more likely that the soil does not have enough organic matter, and if they are in grass they will be fighting for sustenance. You could try feeding them.


  • #3
    periodictable
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    Oldstyle1 wrote: »
    I sowed the last two years snowdrops and bluebells but found they never grew very tall, barely up over the grass.

    Can you get them taller and where (Can you order online?)

    Thanks
    Re tall bluebells-you might be looking for Spanish bluebells.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_hispanica

    Just note that they are different to the common bluebell -Hyacinthoides non-scripta.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_non-scripta


  • #4
    looksee
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    No, please don't plant spanish bluebells. They are very pretty (briefly) but they are thugs and will take over your garden. Anyone who has any would gladly give you buckets-full of the dratted things. Like me for example.


  • #5
    Northumbria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭Northumbria


    looksee wrote: »
    No, please don't plant spanish bluebells. They are very pretty (briefly) but they are thugs and will take over your garden. Anyone who has any would gladly give you buckets-full of the dratted things. Like me for example.

    Not to mention they're ugly and are destroying the native species by hybridizing with it.

    In response to the original post -
    Snowdrops will lack vigour until they have had a few years to establish, after that you'll have large clumps of them that will generally be healthy and tall.
    Snowflakes look superficially similar and grow taller, but don't look as nice in my opinion and are a bit latter.

    Bluebells will spread if the conditions are right too, just give them time. The old bluebell and snowdrop bulbs in my garden had much more impressive flowers than the new ones I put in last autumn. It will take time for the new ones to catch up because they need to establish and store carbohydrates (which is why you must only cut the foliage back once it turns yellow and dies naturally or else you'll eventually exhaust the bulbs).


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