Bluebells - We've Just Featured On Itn Local News In The Sw.

[DTCwordfan]

The camera crew here at lunch time for a feature on the blue carpet, the only known large field with them....

Here we are hot off the DT camera....

A sight to cheer lockdown eyes?

https://imgur.com/i8MYECJ

[Chipchopper]

Wow...what a view!.

I believe the Scottish bluebell is known as the harebell, south of the border and is a differant plant altogether.

[rowanwitch]

We have a small patch of ancient woodland about a mile away, a couple of weeks ago it was carpeted with primrose and wood anemones, by now with the bluebells there will be celandine and yellow archangel, and the pools will be surrounded by king cups.

[DTCwordfan]

Chip, south of the border, a lot of bluebells are of Spanish origin - the ones here are English ones - what the difference is who knows - and I had to study botany at 1st year for geology (for the fossils)....the genetics, mycology and bacteriology were the only interesting bits of the course.

[rowanwitch]

Ours are checked for invaders, it would be a lovely place if the idiots from the surrounding places didn't use it a a dump

[Chipchopper]

I believe the English bluebells have thinner leaves and flowers that nod over at the top, whereas the Spannish variety have broader leaves and the flowers that don't nod over at the tops.

[Cloverjo]

Lovely, DTC. Bluebells remind me of my grandparents. They loved a carpet of those flowers.
I’ve got some growing in my garden, which is nice, but obviously not a patch on a woodland carpet.

[10ClarionSt]

That's a lovely picture isn't it? There used to be a huge Bluebell forest at the side of the golf course in Heaton Park, Manchester, not far from the comms tower, for those of you that know it. Then one day, a guy came along with a bulldozer and shoved it all out of the way. Just why, nobody knows because they never did anything else to it. This is a council owned facility, and when asked about it, nobody knew anything. The Bluebells never returned but they are quite prevalent in Heaton Park, especially on the golf course.