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[Raymott]

Yes, all bulbs can be grown in Australia, though some only flourish in the south. I'm assuming you mean these, as GS suggests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscari

In Brisbane, I've never been able to get tulips to flower properly even with pre-freezing.

 

[Rover_KE]

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These are what we call bluebells in the UK:

(Not a botanist)

 

[jutfrank]

I've just looked it up, though, and according to Wikipedia, bluebell is sometimes used for what I know as grape hyacinths. They grow profusely here and are blooming right now.

The ones that grow so profusely here are hyacinthoides non-scripta (see Rover's post above), whose heads appear larger, more bell-like, and less clustered than muscari. They are one of my favourite flowers, largely because of their stunning colour, which transforms woodland in the spring.

 

[emsr2d2]

For anyone who's interested, native British bluebells are in danger of being completely wiped out (if we're not careful) by the Spanish variety.

This shows the differences.

 

[jutfrank]

I think the submissively droopy English variety is much more elegant than its invading erect foreign counterpart, though there's something to be said for the cross-breed. Maybe that's the best way forward.

 

[*^^*]

For the benefit of our learners, GoesStation is making a light-hearted joke here. "Know" should be spelled "No".

If it wasn't your explanation, I would never know the joke. Thank you.

 

[teechar]

If it wasn't for your explanation, I would have never [STRIKE]know[/STRIKE] noticed the joke. Thank you.

You're welcome.

 

[Tdol]

I had no idea that British bluebells were drooping.

 

[emsr2d2]

I had no idea that British bluebells were drooping.

It's the main way I tell the difference. I'm going on my annual bluebell walk next Monday and will be keeping a close eye out for invaders!

 

[jamesrobert6]

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These are what we call bluebells in the UK:

(Not a botanist)

We call them Indoor flowering plants here.

For info: the author of this post has now been banned.

 

[emsr2d2]

We call them indoor flowering plants here.

@jamesrobert6 - Really? I didn't know there were indoor bluebells in Pakistan. Do tell us more. How do you tell them apart from other indoor flowering plants? It must be very confusing not to use the actual name of a flower when referring to it.
Out of curiosity, what are they called in your home country of UAE?

Note that I have corrected your typo above. Of course you know, as a native English speaker, that "indoor" shouldn't be capitalised in the middle of a sentence so it must have been a slip of the finger on your keyboard.