Hybrid Bluebell, Broomhill

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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond

Hybrid bluebells (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow, are a combination of the British and Spanish bluebell.
In the Spanish bluebell, the flowers are more upright (they don't droop over), they are on all sides of the main stem instead of concentrated on one side, they have a more open bell-shape with less curving and often lighter blue petals.
Native bluebells have creamy white pollen, while non-native Spanish bluebells have pale-green or blue pollen.
These bluebells have a combination of the characteristics of the native and Spanish types, e.g. they droop but have greenish pollen.

22 April 2017

Hybrid Bluebell, Broomhill

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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond

Hybrid bluebells (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow, are a combination of the British and Spanish bluebell.
In the Spanish bluebell, the flowers are more upright (they don't droop over), they are on all sides of the main stem instead of concentrated on one side, they have a more open bell-shape with less curving and often lighter blue petals.
Native bluebells have creamy white pollen, while non-native Spanish bluebells have pale-green or blue pollen.
These bluebells have a combination of the characteristics of the native and Spanish types, e.g. they droop but have greenish pollen.

22 April 2017

Hybrid bluebells, Broomhill

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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond

Hybrid bluebells (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), on an allotment in Broomhill, Glasgow, are a combination of the British and Spanish bluebell.
In the Spanish bluebell, the flowers are more upright (they don't droop over), they are on all sides of the main stem instead of concentrated on one side, they have a more open bell-shape with less curving and often lighter blue petals.
Native bluebells have creamy white pollen, while non-native Spanish bluebells have pale-green or blue pollen.
These bluebells have a combination of the characteristics of the native and Spanish types, e.g. they droop but have greenish pollen.

22 April 2017

Hybrid bluebells, Westerton, Glasgow

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Glasgow - Cairn Hill Wood South

Hybrid bluebells (Hyacinthoides sp) in Cairn Hill Wood South, Westerton, Glasgow. This clump has flowers on all sides of the main stem, a feature of the Spanish Bluebell, but also the cream pollen typical of the native bluebell.

08 May 2020

Hybrid Bluebell, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow

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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube

Hybrid Bluebell (Hyancinthoides x massartiana), which shows the yellow anthers typical of the native bluebell, but also the wide-opening bell shape of the flower heads, which are arranged all round the stem as in the Spanish Bluebell, so it has characteristics of both native and Spanish. Taken on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow

25 April 2020

Common Bluebells, Ardeer

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North Ayrshire - Ardeer

The blue and white varieties of the native Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Ardeer, Ayrshire

04 May 2024

Common Bluebell seed head, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire

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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan

Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) seed head with seed pods, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire

13 July 2024

Bluebells, Low Barns

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Northumbria and Durham

Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), family Asparagaceae, Low Barns Nature Reserve, County Durham.

06 May 2024

Chequered Skipper and Speckled Yellow on Common Bluebell, Glasdrum

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Argyllshire - Glasdrum

Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterfly and Speckled Yellow (Pseudopanthera macularia) moth on Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Glasdrum National Nature Reserve, Appin, Argyllshire, taken by David Palmar

28 May 2023

Chequered Skipper on Common Bluebell, Glasdrum

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Argyllshire - Glasdrum

Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterfly on Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Glasdrum National Nature Reserve, Appin, Argyllshire, taken by David Palmar

28 May 2023