They certainly could be, Whiston . . . more like bluebells than grass, anyway! If they are, there should be buds appearing in the next week or so, so probably worth a wait'n'see.

Oooh....that would be nice if they turn out to be bluebells. Ta Sheila :) I'll look out for buds soon then but they will have to be relocated to another part of the garden as they will be in the way of the gravel landscaping. I can leave them in situ for now.

Nice? Are you mad, Whistonlass, lol? They spread like wildfire and are the very devil to get rid of. Take a tip from me, remove the spent flowerheads, otherwise they produce seed as well as marching below ground ever outwards.

Well maybe I should just pot them up after flowering (if indeed they turn out to be bluebells). Thanks for the tip, Bamboo.

They do look like bluebells to me too.

Bluebell bulbs like to grow very deep in the soil so don't delay digging them up before they have a chance to search for Australia

I'm still getting flowers from bluebell bulbs that we buried at least 2 feet under soil we had to dig out. I felt bad about interring them but needn't have worried.

Yikes....they sound strong enough to even get through the membrane and gravel that will soon be positioned in the same spot. My goodness Beattie....still getting bluebells despite the bulbs being 2 feet under soil....tough little things.

How deep is this topsoil, Whistonlass? My advice would be to dig them out right now and make sure that you get the bulb. They can be very invasive and you will not want them all through the gravel.

I have them in my garden Whistonlass, and they are so lovely. Everything said about them is true. They are better in a bluebell wood really, and they do burrow down deep too. Every year I 'expel' them from the front of a border, where I have tulips and then geraniums. Every spring....up they come and laugh at my puny efforts to evict them....never mind ,they are so pretty!

a few years ago, i dug a bucket full from a tiny border and moved them to our wood. But now there's another bucket full to get out, but don't know that I can be bothered, they're not the native species anyway. I let them flower then trim the lot down to ground level.

I liek bluebells and after seeing a few where I live (and this is where I may sound mad), I bought and intentionally planted some bluebell bulbs in my gaden.

I like them, and where they are, tey won't bother e too much by spreading. (for now).

You don't have to be mad in my famly, but it sure helps. I think its in the genes. We are all mad.

I love them too W.lass, let them grow they are beautiful.

These have obviously come in with our topsoil as I never had them before the topsoil was dumped in the garden last year. I'll try to repot them but if it's a lot of digging it will be difficult. Seems you either love 'em or hate 'em!

Oh now, got to correct that, Whistonlass - I absolutely love bluebells - in the right place. Nothing as fabulous as a mass of blue under all the trees in a wood, but in an ordinary garden, it's impossible to get that wonderful effect with a few random ones, and in no time, those few random ones become hundreds and take over all your other plants.

I am 100% behind Bamboo with those comments!

Oh 2ndhand, please never never plant Spanish bluebells in English woodland. There is a huge problem with cross pollination and it is putting our native bluebells in danger.

Hi Steragram, never fear......... my small woodland is a lonely one. there are no other gardens round me, and certainly no indiginous bluebells for miles. so there is no need to worry yourself about cross pollination. Had I lived in an area where there was a concern, I would have burned the lot.