{"id":7381,"date":"2015-04-18T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2015-02-10T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T19:06:44","slug":"wonderful-bellworts-for-woodland-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/04\/18\/wonderful-bellworts-for-woodland-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Bellworts For Woodland Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The\u00a0soft yellow bell-shaped flowers of bellworts (Uvularia spp.<\/i>), aka merrybells,\u00a0contribute to spring’s awakening in U.S. woodlands and shade gardens (USDA hardiness zones 3-9). On both U. grandiflora<\/i> and U. perfoliata<\/i>, flower stems pierce (pass\u00a0through) the center of the leaves. A third species, (U. sessilifolia<\/i>),\u00a0nicknamed Wild Oats, grows in northern woodlands; leaves of latter are sessile (without a peduncle)\u00a0and\u00a0are not\u00a0pierced by\u00a0floral stem.<\/p>\n

All are U.S. natives and bloom in April, May or June depending on regional location. Bellworts are\u00a0members of the Liliaceae<\/i> family,\u00a0and are among the easiest of wildflowers to grow. Their\u00a0nodding bell-shaped flowers are a springtime delight. Bellworts appear delicate looking,\u00a0but are\u00a0hardy and enduring.\u00a0Over the years\u00a0individual clumps colonize among themselves\u00a0from\u00a0thick fleshy white underground stolons.<\/p>\n

Bellwort leaves are elliptic, glaucous (blue-green),\u00a0and entire on 6-18 inch tall plants. Each solitary\u00a0flower is just over an inch long composed of six soft yellow tepals (three petals and three sepals). Fruits\u00a0(three-angled seed pods)\u00a0form in the fall.<\/p>\n

Plant\u00a0bellworts in partial to full shade in compost-rich, moist, well-drained woodsy\u00a0soil. Leaves turn\u00a0clear yellow in early fall; it\u2019s not unusual to observe some leaf burn on edges after a dry summer.\u00a0Bellworts tolerate dry calcareous (limestone) sites\u00a0after settling in\u00a0for 2 years. No insect or disease problems are\u00a0rare, but young\u00a0emerging shoots may be damaged by\u00a0slugs.<\/p>\n

“Wort” is a name formerly given to plants used for food or medicine. Bellwort was sometimes used to cure throat problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  The\u00a0soft yellow bell-shaped flowers of bellworts (Uvularia spp.), aka merrybells,\u00a0contribute to spring’s awakening in U.S. woodlands and shade gardens (USDA hardiness zones 3-9). On both U. grandiflora and U. perfoliata, flower stems pierce (pass\u00a0through) the center of the leaves. A third species, (U. sessilifolia),\u00a0nicknamed Wild Oats, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,605,806,628,551,627,625,843,812,1140,777,630,705,646,1201,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7381"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}