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	English bluebell (common bluebell)


	Lavender (lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote')


	Primrose (primula vulgaris)


	Potentilla (Nepalensis) 'Miss Willmott'


	Dutch Honeysuckle (lonicera)


	Christmas Box (sarcococca confusa)


	Euphorbia polychroma


	Orange clock vine 'Mango (Thunbergia gregorii 'Mango)


	Snowdrop (galanthus)

10.


	Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)

11.


	Witch Hazels (hamamelis)

12.


	Snake's-head fritillary (fritillaria meleagris)

13.


	Verbena rigida

14.


	viburnam tinus

15.


	Allium hollandicum ' Purple Sensation'

16.


	Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood'

17.


	Flowering Cherry (prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai)

18.


	Sea holly (Eryngium bourgatii)

19.


	Plumeria (common name Frangipani)

20.


	Rose (Rosa) 'Charles de Mills'

21.


	Spearmint (mentha spicata)

22.


	Euphorbia wood spurge (amygdaloides 'purpurea' )

23.


	Comfrey

24.


	Pieris ' forest flame'

25.


	Astilbe Arendsii (fanal)

26.


	Tamarix tetrandra (Tamaricaceae)

27.


	Plumbago 'Willmottianum'

28.


	Penstemon (Andenken an Friedrich Hahn)

29.


	Snake-bark maple (acer 'white tigress')

30.


	Firethorn (Pyracantha)

31.


	Marjoram

32.


	Helleborus 'lenten rose'

33.


	Weigela florida (foliis purpureis)

34.


	Trillium chloropetalum (giganteum)

35.


	Wattle (acacia longifolia)

36.


	Hosta 'Frances Williams'

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Item: English bluebell (common bluebell)

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Plant category bulb

Height The stems are 10-30 cm long.

Description - colour or perfume lavender-blue flowers are pleasantly and usually strongly scented.

Flowering & fruiting period April - May

Any other description or detail The stems bend over at the top. Individual flowers are borne on one side of the flowering stem only. Pollination is by insects, including bees.
English bluebells are under threat from the Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)

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#1 | 26/06/2010 07:24:01

Lowest achieved rank:

#34 | 01/06/2010 18:30:01

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fatima

Date of Creation:

01/06/2010 16:41:13

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Total: 1 Latest: 26/06/2010 07:23:45 by Daddy Papersurfer

reviewed by Daddy Papersurfer
07:23:45 | 26 Jun 2010

I thought .....

...... I was going to miss these this year as we were away - luckily, for us, Spring was late ...... they grow on the cliff top here ...... loverly!


	Recent comments in fatima's Top 100 Plants viburnam tinus Hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of adding a picture to your lovely viburnam! >B^, Spiny Norman 19:09:38 \| 7 Mar 2011 Snake-bark maple (acer 'white tigress') Haha yes shame! I imagine they are slow growers.....but a definite on my list now and I love the name :-) Sparkly Aph 17:56:38 \| 30 Jan 2011 Snake-bark maple (acer 'white tigress') 'White Tigress' the most beautiful and undoubtedly the most scarce of all the snakebark maples, this is a 'must have' acer. Shame I don't get commission. fatima 17:45:22 \| 30 Jan 2011 Snake-bark maple (acer 'white tigress') I would love one of these in our new garden.....Acers are so beautiful Sparkly Aph 08:08:57 \| 30 Jan 2011 Potentilla (Nepalensis) 'Miss Willmott' A new one on me but this is really pretty! >:^p Spiny Norman 11:55:29 \| 8 Aug 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) Whoops ....... Daddy Papersurfer 11:38:01 \| 27 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) SSSI sight of scientific special interest! so you can't go picking them:-) Archerlady 11:09:34 \| 27 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) Isn't everything a natural hybrid? Spiny Norman 10:53:40 \| 27 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) Noooo ....... natural hybrids in the Area of Scientific Interest that surrounds us!!!! ..... sheeeeesh Daddy Papersurfer 21:53:44 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) Yes, but are those the industrial factory kind of plants? Somnambulist 21:07:44 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) There are two white plants on the cliff top here ....... Daddy Papersurfer 21:04:50 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of English bluebell (common bluebell) Have you ever found a white one? Archerlady 21:02:36 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of Wattle (acacia longifolia) Australian philosophy. You can't beat it. DJ 18:46:51 \| 26 Jun 2010 Astilbe Arendsii (fanal) rather lovely actually Sparkly Aph 12:35:33 \| 26 Jun 2010 Astilbe Arendsii (fanal) Wow! That looks like a giant hedgehog on his way to the World Cup! Spiny Norman 11:18:41 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of Snake's-head fritillary (fritillaria meleagris) Enough already ....... Daddy Papersurfer 09:53:27 \| 26 Jun 2010 Review of Snake's-head fritillary (fritillaria meleagris) Checkered daff.. I like that! DJ 09:07:54 \| 26 Jun 2010

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	comments on I thought ..... Have you ever found a white one? Archerlady 21:02:36 \| 26 Jun 2010 There are two white plants on the cliff top here ....... Daddy Papersurfer 21:04:50 \| 26 Jun 2010 Yes, but are those the industrial factory kind of plants? Somnambulist 21:07:44 \| 26 Jun 2010 Noooo ....... natural hybrids in the Area of Scientific Interest that surrounds us!!!! ..... sheeeeesh Daddy Papersurfer 21:53:44 \| 26 Jun 2010 Isn't everything a natural hybrid? Spiny Norman 10:53:40 \| 27 Jun 2010 SSSI sight of scientific special interest! so you can't go picking them:-) Archerlady 11:09:34 \| 27 Jun 2010 Whoops ....... Daddy Papersurfer 11:38:01 \| 27 Jun 2010 please log in to comment... Keep me notified


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