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Asparagaceae
English Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Constancy, gratitude, humility.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Hyacinthoides
- Native to
- Western Europe, British Isles
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- Bulbous perennial
- Height
- 20–40 cm
- Sunlight
- Part shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, woodland
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4–9
- Lifespan
- Very long-lived
Did you know
- Half of the world's English bluebells grow in the United Kingdom, where they carpet ancient woodlands in seas of cobalt blue every April and May.
- A bluebell wood is one of the great spectacles of British natural history — the blooms can be so dense that they appear to color the air with a blue mist.
- It's illegal in the UK to dig up wild bluebells or their bulbs without the landowner's permission — they're protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981.
- The flowers nod gracefully on one side of the stem and have sweetly curled petal tips, distinguishing them from the more upright Spanish bluebells which threaten them through hybridization.
- Bronze Age people used the sticky sap from crushed bulbs as glue for fletching arrows and binding book pages.
Color meanings
Blue
Faithful love