hyacinth

Hybrid bluebell Hyacinthoides x massartiana illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Bluebell flower Hyancinthoides non-scripta, single blossom

Monocot plant variety with seedling.  Plants shown are: Soft-leaved or Mountain sedge Carex montan, Meadow saffron Colchium autumnale, Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsed, Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, and Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum

Monocot plant variety featuring numerous monocots such as rush, grass, bluebell, sedge, and crocus.

Bluebell sketch Hyacinthoides non-scripta showing blue flowers and strap-like leaves

Spanish bluebell Hyacinthoides hispanica showing pale blue flowers and differences between this and the native Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta.  For more, please see my blog on telling the difference between these species.dark anthers, blue anthers,

Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Pencil illustration with three flowers and floppy leaves showing paralell veins

Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta in a patch of grass and the flowers colouring the stem of the plant

Landscape showing an ancient oak woodland with oak trees which were last pollarded years ago, the under storey is carpeted with bluebells, the trees are hung with lichen, and there are moths in the foreground settled on a patch of wild spring flowers

Old oak woodland with bullfinch, woodpecker, badger, orange tip butterfly, vole, and ground beetle in amongst the plants growing on the forest floor below the spreading oaks

Bluebell wood with the spring flowrs carpeting the forest floor, in the foreground a male redstart perches on a tree stump with lichen, behind are some butterflies and a pied flycatcher perches on the wooden bridge walkway that covers an area of boggy ground, beyond the path stretches away into distant airy woodland and sunlight

Vertebrate embryos comparing growth forms in chart form