Wild Flowers

flowerpot

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Is it legal to dig up and replant wild flowers on your own land?

We have a patch of woodland bought a couple of years ago. It was planted by the previous owner under a 25 year grant and I can remember it previously as a bit of a scrubby paddock.
So there are basically no wild flowers growing there, no bluebells, etc.

We have another patch of wood that is thick with bluebells and I was considering digging some up, after flowering I believe, and putting them in the new wood. Also, is it possible to buy wild daffodil bulbs.

Sorry if it seems like a silly question.
 

Cowcorn

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Is it legal to dig up and replant wild flowers on your own land?

We have a patch of woodland bought a couple of years ago. It was planted by the previous owner under a 25 year grant and I can remember it previously as a bit of a scrubby paddock.
So there are basically no wild flowers growing there, no bluebells, etc.

We have another patch of wood that is thick with bluebells and I was considering digging some up, after flowering I believe, and putting them in the new wood. Also, is it possible to buy wild daffodil bulbs.

Sorry if it seems like a silly question.
Cant see why not !! Its not like any flowers and will get hurt .
Id just go ahead and do it whos going to know as you own both of woods ?
Anyway what the authorities dont know wont sicken them:)
 

Danllan

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Is it legal to dig up and replant wild flowers on your own land?

We have a patch of woodland bought a couple of years ago. It was planted by the previous owner under a 25 year grant and I can remember it previously as a bit of a scrubby paddock.
So there are basically no wild flowers growing there, no bluebells, etc.

We have another patch of wood that is thick with bluebells and I was considering digging some up, after flowering I believe, and putting them in the new wood. Also, is it possible to buy wild daffodil bulbs.

Sorry if it seems like a silly question.
Assuming you are in England or Wales... Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (legislation.gov.uk), s13(2) is the relevant one, for bluebells are in Schedule 8; so, on your own land and provided it isn't for sale, you're fine to transplant them. (y)

Can't help with daf's, they are prolific here and it's very hard to say which are wild and which are feral...
 

Treecreeper

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Livestock Farmer
Bluebell seed is easy to collect post flowering, I've had good results broadcasting by hand. For best results you need a clear under storey in woodland then patience.
 

flowerpot

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Assuming you are in England or Wales... Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (legislation.gov.uk), s13(2) is the relevant one, for bluebells are in Schedule 8; so, on your own land and provided it isn't for sale, you're fine to transplant them. (y)

Can't help with daf's, they are prolific here and it's very hard to say which are wild and which are feral...

OK, thanks that's good. I had a look round this afternoon. I found a few bluebells, one small patch, growing under a hedge, some primroses by the pond and a solitary cowslip. The rest is nettles and random weeds I don't know the name of.
I'll have to grab a spade.
 
Snowdrops over , Daffs getting that way after the icy blasts , but I have many different varieties , so perhaps they'll continue a bit yet but I notice quite a nice little stand of snakehead fritillary just come into flower .
Nice that !
 
Just a couple of photos of rather weatherbeaten , but still quite nice daffs. No idea what varieties they are . Perhaps a more knowledgeable "narcissusist" posters might know . There are still a few budded plants out there but I fear the weather might win . :mad:
 

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