'Bluebells' 2 by AGentleMuse

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 01, 2009

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Description

This 'Spanish' bluebell is apparently taking over from the 'common British Bluebell' which is why the Bluebell is now protected. Again this is growing in various places in the garden and you can see the lovely Forget-me-not growing in the background for which Durleybeachbum has a lovely photograph of and origins of its name so please go check her gallery out if you are interested! Thanks for looking!! Have a lovely weekend everyone!! Hugz Jen :o) Same info below as on the Real Bluebell ;o) (From Wikipedia It is common to find hybrids with the closely related Spanish Bluebell (a popular cultivated garden plant in Britain). There is concern that the native populations of H. non-scripta are endangered by this hybridisation. The hybrids may be distinguished by their broader, less pendulous flowers, often with darker anthers (pale purple in pure H. hispanica) and broader leaves. Variations in colour occur, most usually pinkish or in a white variety, H. non-scripta alba. Protection In the United Kingdom the common bluebell is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild bluebells. This legislation was toughened up in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act: the trade in common bluebell bulbs or seeds is an offence. Thursford in East Anglia is a popular Bluebell reserve, and was subject to an act of vandalism in the mid 1990's, as reported on the magazine show "Look East", but no protected species were badly damaged in the attempt.)

Comments (26)

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GBCalls

5:41PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Well composed capture! Excellent

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adrie

5:43PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Gorgeous and very beautiful photoshot my dear friend, excellent capture.

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Faemike55

5:50PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Very beautiful shot! lovely colour of the flowers

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qrud

5:51PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Bells of shining bue.

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1010

6:39PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

What a dainty, beautiful flower Jen.

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webdancer

6:50PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Beautiful!

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Almighty1964

7:26PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

Fantastic image.

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LENK911

8:20PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

GREAT SHOT. I LOVE THESE FLOWERS BUT THEY LOOK MORE LIKE LAVANDER BELLS. LOL.

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eekdog

11:10PM | Fri, 01 May 2009

love that blue color jen. thanks for sharing. steve

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lunchlady

12:04AM | Sat, 02 May 2009

Gorgeous!!

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canadagoose

12:06AM | Sat, 02 May 2009

Lovely!

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marybelgium

2:44AM | Sat, 02 May 2009

adorable!

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durleybeachbum

3:21AM | Sat, 02 May 2009

I've got both and their hybrids wild in my garden, and am still confused! so thankyou for the info!,

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gibby.g

3:28AM | Sat, 02 May 2009

Great capture, unusual colour. I don't know which we've got. I've seen some in the woods which have very slender flowers and almost grass like leaves but those are dying off now although ours are in full flower.

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