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Hyacinthoides non scripta. English bluebells

SC90 - Post 7 April - Unusually blue item.

Bluebells are usually blue I hear you say; but often the 'bluebells' in peoples' gardens are pale blue, pink or even white and are, in fact, Spanish bluebells, Hyacinthoides hispanica, which have more upright open flower heads. They are very common in gardens in this country at this time of year, and are threatening the native populations of the English bluebell.

For a bit of fun, and knowing the inverse of yellow is blue, I took a photo of yellow gorse and inverted the colours using Photoshop. The results can be seen below.

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1021409/52400992" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">YELLOW GORSE
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9 comments

Joe, Son of the Rock said:

These bluebells, Amelia, are the very welcome harbingers of spring.
7 months ago

Annemarie said:

wow the flowers in blue are fantastic
7 months ago

Ruesterstaude said:

Sehr schön, Amelia!
7 months ago ( translate )

Hubs 56 said:

beautiful
7 months ago ( translate )

Peter Castell said:

I would think they are a couple of weeks early this year, I've got Spanish in the garden I suppose birds brought them I don't mind some white ones but I don't like the dirty pink ones. You experiment makes and interesting abstract
7 months ago

Xata said:

The inverse gorse is my favorite, and the one matching better te challenge IMHO !
7 months ago

Amelia replied to Xata:

It's mine too, but I thought it might be over processed.
7 months ago

Gudrun said:

Bluebells- the epitome of an English spring! I just love them and regret that they we don't have them in our woods... The gorse and it's inversion area great idea!
7 months ago

Gillian Everett said:

Gorgeous series, Amelia, lovely to see bluebells.
7 months ago ( translate )