CONWY VALLEY SEED BANK
A REPOSITORY AND STORE FOR VALUABLE NATIVE SPECIES
The bluebell is often regarded as the United Kingdom's "favourite flower".
Grow your own and create your own springtime carpet of bluebells.
They are very easy to grow and will multiply naturally.
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Our bluebell seeds are harvested by hand from our own private ancient woodland deep in the heart of the Conwy Valley on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park.
Our seeds are stratified (kept in cold storage) and can be sown in spring/summer or any-time of year under the right conditions either outdoors, in pots or on the kitchen windowsill. This pack of 200 seeds will sow about 1 sq metre or can be sown more densely if desired.
Our seeds are vacuum packed to preserve their freshness and full sowing instructions are provided. Bluebell seeds often take a season or two to develop bulbs; which then produce stunning blue/purple flowers – and so needs a little patience. Every care is taken to ensure you get the best quality seeds, however owing to the fact that the growing conditions are outside of our control there are no guarantees that your seeds will germinate, though there is every chance they will.
Our seeds are stratified (kept in cold storage) and can be sown in spring/summer or any-time of year under the right conditions either outdoors, in pots or on the kitchen windowsill. This pack of 200 seeds will sow about 1 sq metre or can be sown more densely if desired.
Our seeds are vacuum packed to preserve their freshness and full sowing instructions are provided. Bluebell seeds often take a season or two to develop bulbs; which then produce stunning blue/purple flowers – and so needs a little patience. Every care is taken to ensure you get the best quality seeds, however owing to the fact that the growing conditions are outside of our control there are no guarantees that your seeds will germinate, though there is every chance they will.
The wild common bluebell (H. non-scripta) has dark flowers in one-sided, nodding racemes, with strongly recurved petals and white pollen - not to be confused with the Spanish bluebell (H. Hispanica) or hybrid which has paler flowers produced on all sides of the upright stem, less recurved petals and blue pollen.
In the United Kingdom, H. non-scripta (bluebell) is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence,
We are proud to announce we have secured a licence to harvest and sell bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scriptus) from Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Licence Number: 61748:OTH:WCA:2015
In the United Kingdom, H. non-scripta (bluebell) is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence,
We are proud to announce we have secured a licence to harvest and sell bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scriptus) from Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Licence Number: 61748:OTH:WCA:2015
Please visit our eBay store to purchase your Bluebell Seeds: Seeds and Bulbs for sale on eBay
Mission Statement: We are committed to conserving and preserving native British wild-flowers, plants and woodland for future generations and to facilitate and encourage re-population of native species such as Bluebells through a programme of conservation, regeneration and education.
We encourage the replacement of non-native bluebells with native bluebells and will be starting a database this season to log and monitor our replacement programme. The results will be published on our website. Please add the note 'NON-NATIVE REPLACEMENT' in your paypal payment and we will add this to our database.
To capture the bluebells during their flowering season we put a time-lapse camera over looking the plantation to the front of the property, the wind blew the camera around so look to the bottom right for the bluebells. This is a 20 second video taken at 1 hour intervals during daylight hours between 18th April and 13th May 2015.
A casual stroll up to the paddock shows a carpet of bluebells.
The paddock is a great example of the bluebells growing wild.
The flower beds that surround the car park show bluebells in the sunlight.
Rambling through the woodland the bluebells share a common habitat with wild garlic.
Carpets of bluebells along the treeline in the woodland.
Up close and the sunlight brings out the deep blue shades of colour.
Our lane is lined with bluebells.
Bluebells and daffodils.
Another example of the fading sunlight catching the deep blue colour.
More bluebells in the wild.
Bluebells in the woodland.
Bluebells in the meadow.