Bluebell Sightings: Ashridge in Hertfordshire

Candela, we were at Ashridge last Friday. Sorry to report no bluebells yet and woods looking a bit bare after a lot of tree tidying. Poor deer are quite visible from a long way off.
Hang fire visiting for a week or two. We live just a few miles away and will be up there again for our favourite walk later this week. Will let you know if any bluebells popped up, but think it's likely to be a couple of weeks of more.

Already a good covering of flowering bluebells in Eckington Woods, Derbyshire. They are still to come out in Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield, but the heads are there. They may be a week or two yet. Don't think we'll be getting much sun this coming week and it's going to be cold.

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Until today I've never seen bluebells in our part of SW France. But today I saw some in someone's garden, with red tulips, when I walked round to the market from the carpark.
Maybe they were spanish? We're not far from Spain.

The white bluebells in my garden are out and the blue ones are on their way. The bluebells on the hill at the foot of our garden are always a bit later - in time for my DM's birthday - 15th May. I have always assumed that mine were native Scottish Bluebells .

Woodland bluebells are just coming out in Oxfordshire. It will be a while before there is a proper blue carpet of them, another week or two maybe. I hope you get to see a good display.

I think its more likely Daisyanserdo, and yes they are more upright with flowers all around , paler with no fragrance . The English Bluebells have a lovely smell.

Are the bluebells in people's gardens more likely to be Spanish bluebells? They are more upright, have flowers all round the stem, are a paler blue in colour and have the ability to hybridise with our native bluebells.

Forgot to add I have bluebells in my front garden too, but they are the nasty Spanish bullyboy ones I don't like them and keep meaning to see if I can source some delicate English bluebells I'm not sure if you can actually buy them from somewhere as digging them up from the wild isn't an option.

Bluebells blossoming in my front garden!

We have a bluebell wood in our area , its run by the Selbourne Society and generally only open to members but on one day a year its open day normally while the bluebells are displaying. Its called Perivale Bluebell Wood and is in Ealing . The open day is at the end of April this year its a beautiful place and in a very built up area alongside the canal. Maybe only those who live in London would be able to visit.

Here is a link...
perivalewood.k-hosting.co.uk/