In some conditions, they can be considered weeds. If you consider the sorts of places where Bluebells are admired and look at their best, it is in a wild, or semi wild setting with lots of room such as a woodland. Most gardens are not large enough to accommodate a woodland area, and a good alternative to Bluebells, which is less invasive, is the spring flowering bulb Camassia. Although flowering a little later, late April onwards, it is far better behaved and more suited to smaller spaces.
It is important from the conservation perspective to buy and plant only English Bluebells. There is an impostor, Illustrated below which is the Spanish bluebell. It is even more vigorous than the English variety, if anything could be and the natural movement of pollen by bees will cross pollinate with the English variety to contaminate the strain.
This will threaten the purity and longevity of the English bluebell, which is a more delicate, attractive flower. By checking you buy and plant only English bluebells, you ensure our native species cannot be out competed by the Spanish variety. Information about other types of Spring Bulbs. Bluebells are a woodland plant, so the ideal growing conditions are those which they would enjoy in woodlands.
Bluebells grow and flower well in part sun and part shade conditions, in soil which is moist and which does not dry out during the summer. Bluebells can be planted in the spring as ready plants, or more economically as bulbs in the Autumn. If planting Bluebells in the green in the spring, which is as garden ready plants, Bluebells should be planted at a depth so the soil is at the same level, which means all the white part of the stem is buried underground.
If planting in the autumn as bulbs, plant around 10cms deep, pointed end uppermost This will be about 3 times the depth of the bulb and it is important to water well after planting. How to plant spring bulbs. Only plant Bluebells where there is a good sized area which they can colonise without spoiling the garden and becoming a pest plant.
Ageratum flowers are tough plants that can even handle a bit of shade. They are the truest blue annuals you can find for your garden. Looking for options for groundcover, try growing ajuga. Ajuga has a wide variety of foliage colors usually in the rich deep burgundy realm.
How to grow yellow Allamanda! A tropical evergreen shrub features large golden-yellow flowers. Please note in QLD it's an invasive plant.
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