Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: bluebells

In late April and early May, the bluebells in the Limb Valley fill the woodland floor with a blue haze and a gorgeous scent. These are the proper native wild bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta . The cultivated garden variety, the Spanish bluebell, Hyacinthoides hispanica , is neither so beautiful, nor does it smell so sweetly. The danger is for the Spanish variety to escape and hybridise with native bluebells :-(

In late April and early May, the bluebells in the Limb Valley fill the woodland floor with a blue haze and a gorgeous scent. These are the proper native wild bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta . The cultivated garden variety, the Spanish bluebell, Hyacinthoides hispanica , is neither so beautiful, nor does it smell so sweetly. The danger is for the Spanish variety to escape and hybridise with native bluebells :-(

So many bluebells - they make a ground-hugging blue haze which is very elusive to capture in a photgraph. The scent is just lovely. This is my favourite time of year.

I liked the contrast made by the fresh green of the new bracken frond with the bluebells haze.

Yet another attempt to capture the essence of that heady, fragrant haze of the bluebell wood.