British bluebell woods
By Fleur
@Fleura (29129)
United Kingdom
April 22, 2022 10:15am CST
@JudyEv this is for you!
Our local bluebells are at their best right now. I’m making excuses to go for walks in the woods whenever I can. They have a lovely delicate scent as well. When the flowers carpet the forest floor they almost look like a seascape. When you come upon them suddenly they really do take your breath away!
Earlier in the year the woods are filled with white wood anemones, which look like drifts of snow among the trees, then after the bluebells there are large areas of celandines - splashes of yellow everywhere like patches of sunlight.
Later when the trees are in full leaf the floor is obviously much more shaded and much of it is covered in dog’s mercury, which has inconspicuous greeny-yellow flowers, so everything is basically shades of green for the rest of the year.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Apr 22
I have two different types of bluebells in my gardens but neither are the British sort, which I think are very elegant, with their droopy heads. Mine aren't blooming yet, so I can't show you what they look like. I guess they're really called campanulas but I've always called them bluebells.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Apr 22
@Fleura I do have hyacinths, too.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 22
Have you ever tried to get them into your garden? I have brought in a few wild flowers and they now have a pride of place in our garden.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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24 Apr 22
Now that's a sight worth seeing each spring. In the USA I read they are referred to as the flowers of May 
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@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 22
I didn't know that. In fact I didn't know they grew in the USA (unless introduced) they are native to western Europe. The Latin name is Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
I remember being taken to visit 'bluebell woods' in Minnesota and they were also beautiful but they were a totally different flower, known as Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
'Spring is making its presence felt': Minnesota park and center naturalists on what they are observing.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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25 Apr 22
@Fleura Yes, I believe your correct. From what I researched it was introduced but beautiful, nonetheless.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
22 Apr 22
Beautiful photo, and the description sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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