I've been told that they are the Spanish variety. Tall, bold and very attractive when in flower. That was a few weeks ago now and I'm now left with a carpet of green leaves and swelling seed pods.
I planted a few British bluebells in my previous garden but they never amounted to much. I had rescued them from a site that was about to be built on but my garden didn't have the dappled shade that I think they prefer. I never learned how to care for them or encourage them.
My new garden, however, seems much better suited to bluebells. A handful of trees and plenty of the semi-shade in which I think they thrive.
The question for me today is whether to deadhead them. The plants are putting lots of energy into growing seed pods which I have no use for, so it makes sense to me to remove them. I want the plants to focus all their energies into recharging their bulbs for next year's flowering season.
A quick search online confirms that it's perfectly normal to deadhead bluebells. Some people also appear to cut the foliage back fairly soon after the flowering is over. It seems that Bluebells are resilient and some refer to them almost as weeds.
Perhaps I need to take care that the bluebells are controlled and don't become invasive. I'd never thought of them in that way before.
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