Hyacinthoides non-scripta long-bracteate, white-flowered
White English Long Throated Bluebell
The English Bluebell grows wild throughout the British Isles in late spring. The English Bluebell is a vigorous variety dividing every year to produce more bulbs which can be lifted, divided and re-planted. This white variety has a longer bract (throat) than is typical and is available in Blue or White forms.
Contributed by @tiggrx
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Rich and free draining
Common name
White English Long Throated Bluebell
Latin name
Hyacinthoides non-scripta long-bracteate, white-flowered
type
Bulb
family
Asparagaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Rich and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
0.20 M
Hyacinthoides non-scripta long-bracteate, white-flowered
The English Bluebell grows wild throughout the British Isles in late spring. The English Bluebell is a vigorous variety dividing every year to produce more bulbs which can be lifted, divided and re-planted. This white variety has a longer bract (throat) than is typical and is available in Blue or White forms.
Spring flowering
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
English Bluebells produce dark blue bell-like hanging flowers with a strong scent throughout mid to late spring.
Plant out bulbs "in the green"
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
If you want to see Bluebells flowering in your garden the same year then it is best to plant them "in the green" (with green shoots starting to show) in early Spring. In the right conditions the bulbs will go on to flower in late Spring. Plant the bulbs just below the surface of the soil with the shoots above the ground in a shady spot with rich but free draining soil.
Plant out bulbs
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Dormant bulbs are best planted out into the garden in Autumn, before the frosts arrive. Plant the bulbs just below the surface of the soil, in ground which is rich but well drained. The best position is somewhere with shade.
Division in autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Bluebells bulbs will propagate by dividing and forming new bulbs every year. The flowers will quickly fill the ground they are in but they can also be spread to new areas by lifting the bulbs from the ground, dividing the clumps and re-planting extra bulbs in new areas. Do this once the bulbs have become dormant (there is no green showing) and before the winter frosts arrive.
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