Harebell

Did you know

• The harebell is the 'bluebell of Scotland' immortalized in countless folk songs, poems, and Robert Burns ballads—a national emblem of Scottish wild beauty.
• Each impossibly delicate bell dangles from a thread-like stem so fine that the flower trembles in the slightest breeze—Scottish folklore says fairies ring them as warning bells.
• Harebells are circumboreal—the same species grows wild from the Scottish Highlands across all of Europe, Asia, and North America, making it one of the most widely distributed wildflowers on Earth.
• Welsh witches were said to use harebell juice as a key ingredient in flying ointment, and gathering one was considered very bad luck unless you whispered an apology first.
• The 'hare' in the name comes from old British folklore—witches were said to transform into hares and ride through fields where harebells grew, leaving the flowers as evidence.

Color meanings

Uses

• Rock gardens
• Wildflower meadows
• Naturalizing
• Cottage gardens