Hyacintoides

Bluebell Non-Scripta

Hyacinthoides non-scripta, commonly called English bluebell, is a bulbous perennial that is native to open woodland areas of western Europe including, of course, England. Each bulb produces a small clump of linear, strap-shaped, acute-tipped, basal leaves (3-6 per bulb) from which rises in spring (April-May) a 12-15” tall rigid flower stem topped by an arching terminal, one-sided raceme of 4-16 fragrant, pendant, narrow-tubular, bell-shaped, deep violet blue flowers (each to 3/4” long). Each flower has six petals fused together to form a narrow almost straight-sided bell with slightly rolled back petal tips. English bluebell is very similar to Spanish bluebell except English bluebell has fragrant flowers, arching flowering racemes, and shorter flowering stems.

Classification

• Common Names: Bluebell Non-Scripta

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• Variety: Non Scripta

Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: Bulb

• Propagation:

• Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

• Flowering Season: Spring

2024-01-06: Received 10 bulbs from as a present and planted them in a pot with Irisses and grape hyancinths