Climbing bluebell

[piskieinboots]

Snowdrop did a garden centre trip for me yesterday whilst I was digging - nice lad ...anyway, he tells me there is a plant there that I will love (really! just one!!) called a climbing bluebell.

Now I've never heard of such a thing and on doing a search on webbly nothing shows up - has anyone heard of this? I'm off to GC shortly to check it out..I will report back....

[ailsasyl]

Is this it?
Have googled and found the photo but lacking in info will keep looking

Geographe Community Landcare Nursery » 2009 Nursery List » Billardiera fusiformis

[ailsasyl]

Found it on ebay!!
Seems to come from australia
Lovely plant not seen it before
Billardiera fusiformis "Australian Ceeping Bluebell" - eBay Native Plants, Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, Gardening, Lawn Care, Home. (end time 12-Sep-08 15:23:17 AEST)

[SarzWix]

Looks nice. Wonder if it'll colonise our gardens or something... I always feel a bit wary of these imported beauties - people liked Japanese Knotweed/Spanish Bluebells when first introduced, taking over the world now though

[piskieinboots]

it wasn't that one he saw - it was this one:



but sadly no good for my garden

PS - this one is English

[SarzWix]

Oh that's nice Why no good?

[piskieinboots]

cos it needs sheltered and I live on an airfield it is also tender and needs greenhousing and I don't have one
*mutters at airfield and space where greenhouse should be

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oops - thread Hijack - but Pisk will understand..

saw the Avro Vulcan fly over the Hill late afternoon - WOW WOW WOW!!!

Good job that Richard-two-plots-down was there to identify it as the only one flying (just been restored by a load of volunteers) as I would have thought that it was (a) concorde (except they are no more) or (b) stealth bomber (except it was prop'ly camoflauge (sp??) and had the RAF target thingy on.)

(BTW always thought that having that target thingy on our boys' planes gave the other chaps an unfair advantage, no?)

[piskieinboots]

The Vulcan was due to come to us on Air Day but it went US sadly - you lucky gal - beautiful machine

As for the target - Queensbury rules what what

[Headfry]

Wow, Hazel you are sooooo lucky. I belong to the Southend Vulcan restoration club! only ever seen our one taxi... saw one flying many years ago at BandsHatch F1 Grad Prix FANTASTIC a sound I will never forget!