December 12th 09, 10:31 PM
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Bluebells in Feb!
Nick Gardner wrote:
I've just bought myself a calendar for 2010. The picture for February is
of bluebells on Dartmoor with trees in full leaf. Is this normal, (up
here in Whistlefield it's usually May) or is this proof of global
warming?
Will, we need an answer
As a few have already said - nonsense.
The bluebells usually start flowering around mid-April though I have
seen them out around here as early as late March but that it is in a
few, very sheltered south-facing places near the coast.
Up on t'moor they flower from late April onwards, and I have seen them
flowering until early June.
As Will has said, they are a different looking bluebell on the moor,
much shorter and with fewer flowers and less abundance. It is the same
species but has adapted to the acidic, peaty soils and windy, cooler
conditions; still beautiful nonetheless.
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk
Fairly abundant here.
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...age.php?i=9751
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