Blue Bells

[slinkychic]

We had loads of Blue Bells this year... Can someone please tell if i should, now that they have finnished flowering, Pull them up? Cause they do look very untidy.

Any advise greatfully recieved!

[Fi]

The longer the leaves are exposed to sunlight, the better the display next year. If I were you, I'd deadhead them, then dig the plants up and then plant clumps of them in plant pots. These can then be kept in a corner of your garden where messy leaves don't matter so much. Then next spring sink the plantpots into the ground wherever you want them to be.
If you don't want to pot them up, the alternative is to dig them up, making sure plenty of roots are attached, and then heel them in in a quiet corner of your garden.
Otherwise you could leave them in place and chop the leaves off, but that would mean fewer flowers next year.

[slinkychic]

May 31, 2008 1:06:46 GMT Fi said:

The longer the leaves are exposed to sunlight, the better the display next year. If I were you, I'd deadhead them, then dig the plants up and then plant clumps of them in plant pots. These can then be kept in a corner of your garden where messy leaves don't matter so much. Then next spring sink the plantpots into the ground wherever you want them to be.
If you don't want to pot them up, the alternative is to dig them up, making sure plenty of roots are attached, and then heel them in in a quiet corner of your garden.
Otherwise you could leave them in place and chop the leaves off, but that would mean fewer flowers next year.

Thanks fi... Will try the pots idea i think...
Thanks again...