'Bluebells' 2 by AGentleMuse
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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)
Well composed capture! Excellent
Gorgeous and very beautiful photoshot my dear friend, excellent capture.
Very beautiful shot! lovely colour of the flowers
Bells of shining bue.
What a dainty, beautiful flower Jen.
Beautiful!
Fantastic image.
GREAT SHOT. I LOVE THESE FLOWERS BUT THEY LOOK MORE LIKE LAVANDER BELLS. LOL.
love that blue color jen. thanks for sharing. steve
Gorgeous!!
Lovely!
adorable!
I've got both and their hybrids wild in my garden, and am still confused! so thankyou for the info!,
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.
So beautiful colors and flower! Amazing shot!!!
Beautiful flowers Jen. Love and blessings and hope you have a beautiful weekend
Beautiful closeup of the beautiful bluebells and especially nice with the forget me nots in the background, very nice image!
Lovely! beautiful color and have always loved the forget-me-nots.
Very beautiful capture and lovely colour...!!!
They are gorgous! very nice shot!
very beautiful!
WOW!! What an awesome capture!!! Beautiful shot!!
Gorgeous Jen!
Super photo, excellent flowrs and background…
You must have a lovley garden :) Cathy xoxoxo
Gorgeous flowers, excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!