And there’s more! / myLot

United Kingdom

September 4, 2019 9:00am CST

Next in the wildflower succession, after the lady’s bedstraw, came harebells, sometimes known as the Scottish bluebell. I have always loved these dainty-looking little flowers, and there always were one or two plants that would pop up amongst the grass now and then. I assumed that the conditions were not really to their liking, but no – it was the mowing that didn’t suit them. I cut back on the mowing and lo and behold! I have now been rewarded with a harebell mini-meadow! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2019.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

6 Sep 19

Those blue flowers really pleases the eye !At the first sight of them, I suppose they are ladybell flowers.

PlantFiles: Ladybells, Lady Bells

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Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Ladybells, Lady Bells (Adenophora stricta) supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

7 Sep 19

@Fleura I search harebell online and find out thatboth harebell and ladybell belong to the bellflower family (campanulaceae).

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Fleur

@Fleura (34989)

• United Kingdom

7 Sep 19

@changjiangzhibin89 Yes I found that too - relatives from different sides of the world!

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Fleur

@Fleura (34989)

• United Kingdom

6 Sep 19

I've not heard of those before but I see they are from your part of the world. They are similar aren't they, and they are from the same family.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

25 Nov 19

@Fleura They are very beautiful and dainty. So glad you solved the problem with cutting back on mowing so you can have those beauties.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34989)

• United Kingdom

25 Nov 19

Thanks. They are also more interesting than just grass!

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

25 Nov 19

@Fleura You are right.

Anna

@LadyDuck (502396)

• Italy

4 Sep 19

Those little flowers are beautiful. I just finished mowing, but not the area where I have some flowers.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

4 Sep 19

how gorgeous's that? dang, i confess to bein' quite jealous 'f all the beautiful wildflowers growin' there't yer place. kudo's fer figurin' out that mowin' 'twas not a good thingy. much healthier ecosystem, marvelous eye-candy 'n happy insects, too :)

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Fleur

@Fleura (34989)

• United Kingdom

4 Sep 19

There has to be some mowing I think (or grazing, I guess) otherwise it would all be brambles and nettles in no time. Maybe just two or three times a year though, depending on how much it rains.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

5 Sep 19

@Fleura yes ma'am, e'en those wildflowers need a bit 'f care'n order to flourish'n not be o'errun by the 'less desirable" schtuff. do ya know whether these're perennials 'r jest come back from seed? that'd be 'nother factor to consider.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17712)

• South Africa

27 Nov 19

that is so pretty - my daughter has miniature pansies coming through on her lawn and she doesn't even have pansies in her garden - birds are doing the thing!

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Fleur

@Fleura (34989)

• United Kingdom

5 Dec 19

It's surprising what spring up. given the chance, isn't it?