Used to hide in those woods when nippers, pinching balls hit up the fairway on a hole about half way round, up a slope. Naughty delinquents.
Then reselling them to the club.
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[Sussex] Bluebells, are they out yet?
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Used to hide in those woods when nippers, pinching balls hit up the fairway on a hole about half way round, up a slope. Naughty delinquents.
Then reselling them to the club.
banjo
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Took this last year. Spithandle lane. Not quite there yet this year.
Beautiful.
Bluebells, and other blue/purple flowers, give an amazing light effect. Gardeners World covered this last year .... it’s unique to the colour.
AmexRuislip
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Bloom'ing nicely at Grey's Court, together with the impending Wisteria.... fabulous 
banjo
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I’m not normally good at taking photos. I was out on my bike last year, and just had to stop to take a picture.
Wrong un.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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When my dog went awol on our walk once I found her having a nosey around in a small clearing amongst some trees, I then stumbled across some White Bluebells ( only 2 plants). Having never seen white ones I was quite chuffed about these and went back every spring to if they had bloomed. It's now 4 Springs since I last visited them and because of this thread I am going back to have a little peek to see if they're there.
Return of the Rev
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Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
A patch of white ones already at the Amex end of the Falmer Woods (Coldean Lane side).
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
Bloody Spanish Bluebells, coming over 'ere, taking our forest floor!
https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-tell-native-bluebell-rest
https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-tell-native-bluebell-rest
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Have some in our garden.
Bugger. Not quite as rare as I thought....
Last autumn I planted (bought legitimately) Hyacinthoides non-scripta (native bluebell) bulbs in our borders.
They’ve struggled this first time around, I think because we have nutrient starved, thin chalky downland, bone dry soil. Rather than their favoured damp woodland setting. The foliage has grown ok, but the flowering has been weak to say the least.
tigertim68
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Yep seen them at work
Bourne Winner
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- Apr 12, 2019
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I've 5 acres of marsh land thats no good for growing anything but wild flowers, got loads of the ******* things.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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Yes they’re up in my garden in Brighton, the usual crop, and I’ll be taking them up to my Dad’s grave as usual RIP.
The Man from Del Monte
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- Nov 27, 2018
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Yes.
Return of the Rev
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Have a Xmas pressies voucher for the bluebell railway, anniversary coming up so hopefully so are the Bluebells
Jack Straw
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If you planted dry bulbs in the autumn, they don't tend to take so well as ones planted "In the green," which is to dig clumps up whilst in flower or shortly after they've flowered, split them up and re-plant them. If it was the former, the bulbs may not have been quite big or old enough to flower this year? You should get a better show year on year as the seeds get going. They take at least four years to reach the flowering stage. Your soil could also well be a factor with what you say. If they are in a hot part of the garden getting baked, you could move them to a shady area after they've finished flowering?