{"product_id":"bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-bells-of-ireland","title":"Bells of Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eStiff upright spires lined from top to bottom with flared lime-green bells, each cupping a tiny white flower. The bells are calyxes rather than petals, which is why the colour holds so long and why they dry to straw-gold instead of dropping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing else gives you pure green on a cuttable stem, which is why florists prize it. There is some trouble attached. \u003cstrong\u003eGermination is famously erratic.\u003c\/strong\u003e The seed wants cold, light and cool conditions, so it does far better sown outdoors in September, or chilled in the fridge for a fortnight before a late-winter sowing, than started warm on a windowsill. Expect anything from a fortnight to a month, and expect gaps in the row. It makes a long taproot and resents being moved, so sowing where it is to grow beats raising it in modules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foliage smells faintly of mint, which it should, being a mint relative. The name is pure Victorian invention; the plant is eastern Mediterranean and has never been near Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bells carry small spines that prickle bare hands, so wear gloves when you cut it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195301454157,"sku":"BELL-IRE","price":2.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6961\/6973\/files\/IMG-6040.jpg?v=1768592243","url":"https:\/\/thefoalyard.co.uk\/products\/bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-bells-of-ireland","provider":"The Foalyard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}