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27-08-2008, 01:02 PM
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Is it possible to dig up bull rushes and move them to start a new bullrush bed?How deep are the roots?Any help would be very much apprecieated .
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27-08-2008, 02:51 PM
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Are we talking 'Giant Reed Mace' rather than 'Bull Rushes', here? They're two entirely different plants.
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27-08-2008, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford  Are we talking 'Giant Reed Mace' rather than 'Bull Rushes', here? They're two entirely different plants.
Jim | And, by the way, you ought not to dig them up from the wild without the landowner's permission. It's not clear from your post if this is what you are proposing or not.
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27-08-2008, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Are we talking 'Giant Reed Mace' rather than 'Bull Rushes', here? They're two entirely different plants.
Jim | I've never understood this - what is the difference?
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27-08-2008, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedge Witch I've never understood this - what is the difference? | This is the problem with vernacular names. Until fairly recently, botanists regarded Bulrush as the name for Common Club Rush ( Schoenoplectus lacustris), and what is now more commonly called Bulrush was referred to as Reedmace and is Typha latifolia (the plant with the big brown tubular flower heads.) More confusingly, Bull-rushes is a west country name for Marsh Marigold.
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27-08-2008, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by FERRRELL Is it possible to dig up bull rushes and move them to start a new bullrush bed?How deep are the roots?Any help would be very much apprecieated .
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28-08-2008, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by thunder This is the problem with vernacular names. Until fairly recently, botanists regarded Bulrush as the name for Common Club Rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris), and what is now more commonly called Bulrush was referred to as Reedmace and is Typha latifolia (the plant with the big brown tubular flower heads.) More confusingly, Bull-rushes is a west country name for Marsh Marigold.
henrya | Cheers, henrya, it's a lot clearer now.
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