Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Colwyn on April 30, 2016, 15:05:51 PM
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On my pleasant twenty minute stroll to my local (see below) I come across a small clump of rare plants.
(http://s6.postimg.org/5ywjvvd41/Bluebell1.jpg)
They didn't use to be be rare, but they are now. They are native British bluebells.
(http://s6.postimg.org/dg5rb32n5/Bluebell2.jpg)
(http://s6.postimg.org/isz72yfxd/Bluebell3.jpg)
I walk pass plenty of other bluebells along my route but they are all of the Spanish variety that are taking over our woodlands.
(http://s6.postimg.org/wb63f8s2p/Bluebell4.jpg)
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Bloody Spaniards, comin' over 'ere, 'n' livin' in our woods !
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Quite so, but nowhere near as offensive as those damned American grey squirrels.
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Quite so, but nowhere near as offensive as those damned American grey squirrels.
Squirrels are a lot tastier than bluebells though !
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Let us hope this catches on over here - only for wild greys of course.
(http://s6.postimg.org/4t6c2asyp/squirrel.jpg)
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(http://s32.postimg.org/p0123ksr5/IMG_0353.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/p0123ksr5/)
I'm guessing these are the "foreigners" then?
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Yep. I think if anyone has bluebells in their garden they are almost certainly Spanish. Mine are.
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Are the yellow buttercup looking flowers cellendines?
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"There's a flower that shall be mine,
'Tis the little Celandine."
William Wordsworth, "To the Small Celandine"
Yes, it is.
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I found a better clump of native bluebells, and a better camera.
(http://s6.postimg.org/vrnok4dgh/Bluebell5.jpg)
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We are back in the UK at the moment, and I was tempted to take pictures of the lovely bluebells in the park next to the house. And where's yer phone/camera when you breed!! Although I rather fear that the local council has planted Spanish invaders ... but I can't be sure. Either way Spanish or true Brit they looked magnificent. 8)
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And where's yer phone/camera when you breed!!
I think we're all thankful that you couldn't find your camera when you were breeding. ;)
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Either I am going radio rental, or that predictive spellcheck is doing me in again!!
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My local cemetery which is 103 acres, is a mass of blue at the moment. 4 weeks ago everywhere was yellow with thousands of daffodils in flower.
(http://s32.postimg.org/98c1a5cyp/cid_4_DC243_B8_8341_4237_B691_F0_DF3506_D61_E.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/98c1a5cyp/)
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Bluebells remind me of my childhood I have a few clumps in my garden and they have been there for at least 30 years
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My dad had a farm in cheshire. Down by the brook was a mass of bluebells. It was known as bluebell valley.
His grave looks over a sea of bluebells now (spanish?} in poynton. Think I might have happened in the valley!!!
One day i will tresspass and go and see if they are still there. it was just a sea pf blue .At least 1 acre.
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I have bluebells, although so does everyone around where I live, and a bluebell woods behind my house, British Bluebells
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Telling the difference between native and Spanish bluebells.
The quickest way to start is to look at how the bells are growing: if they are all on the same side of the stem they are native; if they are all round the stem then they are Spanish. Once you get the knack it is easy. Then you notice that being one-sided the natives bend over a bit ("nodding bluebells"} , whereas the Spanish stand as straight as guardsmen; then you see the natives are much more delicate than the Spanish; then you see the native bells are long narrow tubes, whereas the Spanish are more open cups; and finally you see the natives are a lighter blue than the Spanish. Finally you wonder how you ever got them muddled in the first place.
Well, that was my experience anyway.
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Was that before or after the pub.
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Droopy after the pub.