Are my bluebells English or Spanish?

[PeteXXX]

English or Spanish?

They stand about 15” high.

 

[Drago]

See if they have a siesta after lunch.

 

[Svendo]

I think they’re English as they have pale stamens and Spanish have bright orange ones. Also the fully grown stems droop at the top whereas Spanish bluebells point up with the last bunch.

 

[Jody]

Spanish

http://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/bbowtb...-between-native-bluebell-and-spanish-bluebell

 

[MontyVeda]

spanish.

 

[smutchin]

Even before I saw the picture, I would have assumed they were far more likely to be Spanish, but the picture makes it pretty certain.

 

[PeteXXX]

They were already in the garden when we moved in a few years ago. If they get out of control, I’ll dump them in the recycling.
If they were English, I’d replant them somewhere.

 

[nickyboy]

They were already in the garden when we moved in a few years ago. If they get out of control, I’ll dump them in the recycling.
If they were English, I’d replant them somewhere.

Don't Spanish bluebells have a right to remain here providing they were actually growing in the country before the Brexit vote?

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Hybrids

 

[Illaveago]

French !

 

[annedonnelly]

Bluebells hybridise really quickly so there are lots of varients of part-Spanish, part-English both in gardens and in the wild.

Even if you think you have English bluebells you shouldn't dump them in the wild as they may not be pure English ones.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Bluebells hybridise really quickly so there are lots of varients of part-Spanish, part-English both in gardens and in the wild.

Even if you think you have English bluebells you shouldn't dump them in the wild as they may not be pure English ones.

Sadly I think it’s already too far gone. Some may call it evolution. According to some naturalists on a podcast I heard there is little that can be done.

If anyone is interested in wild plant identification I would recommended The Wild Flowers Key by Francis Rose. An easier guide would be ‘The Easy Guide’ range of books.

 

[Tim Hall]

Y Viva Espana.
If your trying to get rid of these you have my sympathy, they are a bad weed like Japenese Knotweed.

Not quite as damaging as Japanese Knotweed I think.

 

[furball]

They were already in the garden when we moved in a few years ago. If they get out of control, I’ll dump them in the recycling.
If they were English, I’d replant them somewhere.

If you want to get shot of them make sure you dig down deep and remove all of the bulbs.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

If you want to get shot of them make sure you dig down deep and remove all of the bulbs.

Unfortunately much of the hybridisation comes from cross pollination.

So it’s with some joy we are doing a great job of killing off the flying pollinators through our use of neonicotinoids, pollution and monoculture. Way ahead of the game us lot.