Bluebell

Growth habit

Geophyte

Native distribution

Western Europe

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Brent & Becky's Bulbs, J.A. Mars of Haslemere

Description

Leaves 20-45cm x 7-15mm, linear to linear-lanceolate, subacute, concave. Flowering stem 20-50cm; flowers 6-12, fragrant, in loose, 1-sided, drooping racemes; bracts 2; tepals 1.5-2cm, oblong-lanceolate, erect below, giving flower a tubular appearance, falcate at the tips, violet-blue, occasionally ink or white; outer filamenst inserted at about the middle of the perianth, the inner inserted near the base; anterhs cream.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5