Don’t Pick The Bluebells
In the United Kingdom the common bluebell is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence.
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Lovely shades of blue in those bells.
That’s because they are very new, Ellen.
Yes yes! And don’t children trample all over them, either!
Good advice, Lucy
They are so attractive in Spring and really, who’d want to get rid of them.