The native English bluebell is coming into flower. Happiest in the partially moist shade of a tree, it forms a magnificent display in May, carpeting miles of British woodlands in a deep shimmering ...

England's favourite wildflower is the bluebell according to a poll of nature lovers. But the British variety is on the wane as a tougher Spanish invader is increasingly taking over, a conservation ...

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I have been planting English bluebells. They grow in their millions in the beechwoods that surround us — but not in our own garden. They are, however, a protected species. The law is clear and ...

Known more widely as the home to its award-winning estate, the old-growth woods at Blickling hide away a thick carpet of the violet-tinted flowers in blooming season, providing a wonderful treat in ...

Wales’ native bluebells are facing being wiped out within 50 years because of an advancing army of foreign flowers. Spanish bluebells were introduced hundreds of years ago. But this century they took ...

It’s almost bluebell season, when we walk through woodlands cloaked in carpets of the trademark late spring flowers. But do the bluebell woods we visit harbour English bluebells or Spanish varieties, ...