Chicken bald back

[donald]

Hi

 

I bought some English bluebell bulbs that looked really healthy and I planted in November(a bit late)?

 

I have recently cleared part of a field hedgerow base so want to fill it. Should I have bought them in the green??

 

Cant see any sign of them popping through yet my snowdrops are already out!

 

Anyone know anything about planting bluebells

 

Thanks

[Cranberry]

Bluebells come out much later in the year so you wont see anything yet. They need to be shaded from the summer sun so along a hedge should be ok. Mine come up before the bracken then the bracken shelters them. They some times take a few years to flower. Hope this helps

[sjp]

bluebelle are a woodland plant that do better in poor shaded soil and like snowdrop take a very long time to flower

[donald]

Thank you. The spote is ideal. We have just hedgelayed and cleared a very dence hedge too. The will be on the shaded side of the hedge and it is sloping too. I remember a bluebell wood from when I was a child and it just seemed the ideal bank to plant some bluebells. I am going to transplant some snow drops from my garden but I might try some bluebells in the green too as well as bulbs. I didnt realise they flowered late, I have some foreign blue bells in my front garden but want to go for some traditional English ones.

 

Thank you for your help appreciated.

[Old Speckled Hen]

We are lucky to have masses in our garden and the leaves are through by two or three inches already (more in sheltered spots)

This is some advice I found re native bluebells

Bluebells flower under deciduous trees – most notably under native beech – Fagus sylvatica. In the garden they can be planted under green-leaved deciduous shrubs and trees. These might include an ornamental cherry such as Prunus 'Kursar', or the shrubbier guelder rose Viburnum opulus.

Bulbs can be bought in the green and then it's possible to check that you have the correct plant by looking at the colour and flower. These are planted in spring, watered and left to naturalise. Plant single bulbs if possible. Dry bulbs are available in autumn and should be planted as soon as possible at twice the depth of the bulb. Once planted, bluebells return as long as soil is well drained and not waterlogged in winter.

 

I planted some winter aconite last year but I bought those in the green.

I hope your bulbs haven't been eaten?