Posted on April 24, 2014 By Michael Griffiths
Sunrise: 05.53 Sunset: 08.23
Category: Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, Wildlife Photography Tags: Canon 500D DSLR camera., Canon EFS 60 mm f2.8 macro lens, Kidderminster, nature, Nature Photography., Photography, Stourport on Severn, White Bluebells, Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, wildlife photography, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
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Lovely.
Thanks, Joyce.
Hello Mike, Just wondering if these whitebells are a white form of our native bluebells or an escapee Spanish bluebell. You can tell from the colour of the stamens. If they are cream = native, denim blue = Spanish. Spanish also have little or no scent.
These are white versions of our native bluebells, Marc. They grow in amongst a patch of the blue variety. There is probably one whitebell plant to 2000 bluebell plants (wild guess).
Cool, I’ll look out for them in West Woods this weekend. Went last weekend but it was still a bit too early. Although they are well out in the hedgerows now and in my garden.
Bluebells have been out in Hoo Wood for 3 weeks, Marc.
Lucky you. The bluebells in West Woods near Marlborough are pretty spectacular as it is an ancient beech woodland in a valley so you get to see even more of the blue. I’ll probably do a post on it if I get some half decent images.