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Bluebells
How do bluebells reproduce?
If your bluebells thrive, spreading will also happen naturally via bulb division and seed. Dense clumps of bluebells may eventually out-compete more d...
Are bluebells edible?
All parts of the bluebell plant contain toxic glycocides that are poisonous to humans, dogs, horses and cattle. If any part of the plant is eaten, it ...
How many scientific names does the mertensia virginica have?
What scientific names does Mertensia virginica?Are Virginia bluebells rare?Where are Virginia bluebells native?How do you grow Mertensia virginica?Ho...
What animals eat bluebells?
Bluebells are primarily pollinated by bumblebees but are beneficial to many other insects such as hoverflies and butterflies. Cattle and deer feed on ...
Who eats blue bells?
Cattle and deer feed on the leaves of the bluebells and also damage them by crushing them. starch found in the bulbs to stiffen their ruffs . The Less...
What is the common name for Mertensia virginica?
Mertensia virginica, more commonly called Virginia Bluebells have captured the hearts of many year after year in early spring with their blue trumpet-...
Is the Virginia bluebell a plant or an animal?
They're one of the few plants with true-blue blooms, and stumbling across a mass planting—wild or cultivated—is a real treat. Virginia bluebells are n...
How has hybridisation affected the population of the bluebell?
Why have the number of bluebells decreased in Britain?Why are bluebells endangered?What causes bluebells to turn white?Is it legal to collect bluebel...
What are the common names of mertenisa virginica?
Mertensia virginica is one of about 40 species in this genus of herbaceous perennials with blue, bell-shaped flowers. Other common names include easte...