By Janpled
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
My garden extends into a bluebell woodland and the blue bells self set in my flower beds and after a year or two become white and in some cases pink. Why?
- 22 Apr, 2018
Answers
It could be a reaction to the soil PH such as the case with hydrangea.
22 Apr, 2018
As far as I am aware they are not pH sensitive as the predominant colour is blue in all the native woodlands and they have a wide range of pH's.
22 Apr, 2018
Its odd if they all change colour though. A few pinks and whites are normal. I guess the more white ones there are the more likely it will be that the seedlings will be white too. I have some pink ones for the first time this year and have seen no pink ones in the area they have seeded from.
22 Apr, 2018
I didn't think of them changing colour but new bulbs flowering for the first time amongst the blue.
22 Apr, 2018
Sorry, that's what I meant - badly expressed...
22 Apr, 2018
its not uncommon its just a genetic variation. They can be very pretty.
22 Apr, 2018