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Yesterday 🙂
PS. Masses of ticks as well 🙁
Oh yes, lovely.
We saw our first tiny shoot of blue last weekend, but only one plant.
I kindly asked a man to stop stomping all over the bluebells, but he couldn't give a toss. This is in an area where many people don't go and during 'lockdown', it got discovered.
Spotted my first one at work 2 weeks ago, looks like some of the woodland clearing work I’ve been doing has been paying off as have some cropping up in some new spots
Quite a few around by me, also seen ( smelt) a lot of what we call ,probably incorrectly , chives, and a lot of forget-me-nots. Weird thing is though that a lot of the flower seeds I've sown which ordinarily would have come up by now, have yet to show. Must be a mix of unusual dryness and low temps.
That's crazy. There are trees round here (North Nottinghamshire) that still haven't got leaves.
South Gloucestershire ^^^
Noticed earlier today that mine are just starting in the garden
Always look forward to the bluebell threads in Spring. Signifies Spring much more than daffodils do, to me anyway.
Might not be any pictures from me this year though.😟
Hampshire Sussex border here. Bluebell plants are up but only the odd flower out. Crazy amounts in the area normally though, lots of Woods around, so expect it to look really good in a couple of weeks
Was just dicussing yesterday, on our gravel ride.
Are they late?? I can see lots of the plants in the usual spots but very few to hardly any flowers
Just slowly starting to get going on the South Downs around Chichester. Wood anemones are out in force as well. Would say another 2 weeks and will be spectacular.
A purple sheen on some of the more open south facing slopes of the north downs now, but still very sparse under the trees.
Mine are showing flower spikes, however my Snakes-head Fritillaries are up and in full flower, one has three flowers on one stem, and I’m certain that there might be some more on the way. Loads of cowslips, primroses and the Oxslip is flowering nicely again, and it looks like there might be another popped up in between the patio flags, there’s already several primroses and cowslips there, plus what I thought were just little weeds spreading all over my garden have actually flowered this year, and to quote Prince, there’s an ocean of violets in bloom!
I’ll get over to West Woods sometime soon and see how things are over there.
This is my ‘wild’ garden, I pretty much let it do what it wanted, after planting a few things, like the fritillaries and the bluebells, everything else has appeared naturally - the ferns around the silver birch I planted, they came from old fallen dry-stone walls out around Castle Combe, as did the stones. One fritillary can be seen on the left, the others have shown up since I took the photo.
Ive also got a gorse bush that I dug up from Fyfield Down, the other side of the Ridgeway from Avebury, it was about five inches tall when I dug it up…
The bird-box has got to go back up on the tree, the screw holding it up seems to have broken, I need brass or stainless ones, not cheap steel.
A slightly better photo of my bit of wild garden, there are quite a few clumps of bluebells dotted around, and the fritillaries and the celandines show a bit better, the celandines have spread from one little plant that was at the back by the fence three or four years ago.
The first Bluebell that’s going to flower, slightly out of focus in the foreground, there’s some more just behind the fritillary.
Probably the next ones likely to flower in the next week or so, with luck. I’m hoping I’m going to have quite a few this year.
CountZero - I absolutely love your wild garden.
Our garden has 'plenty of violets in bloom' too :o). Also the primroses have spread really well. We only have two wild bluebell plants which sadly have been cross pollinated with neighbours 'Spanish' variety.
Thanks Bunnyhop, I wasn’t to certain it was going to work, but I’m really happy with it, or at least the bit at the bottom, some bits need a lot of rubbish cleared away, but I don’t have the spare cash for a skip, or for a new shed, either! I just don’t have much time to spend on maintenance, so letting the violets, primroses, cowslips, celandines and bluebells to just do their thing is proving quite rewarding! I planted the fritillaries, and some wild bluebells, but everything else has just appeared on its own!
I haven’t had chance to got over to West Woods yet, but I went for a walk around Biddestone last week, and there are some bluebells along the banks of Weavern Lane, about a mile out of the village and they’re looking good.
@johnnymarone it’s probably wild garlic that you come across, quite broad leaves and a white flower. Having problems in some areas as some restaurants putting it on the menu as pesto etc!
Cliveden was peak bluebell today. Very impressive showing and a pleasant walk with the dog. Cafe had a 45 minute wait.
Chilterns bluebells are just about ready, didn't have time to go to the best location on my ride today but these will do:
Saw my first in Staffs on Saturday - little isolated pockets, the blanket where i usually go is brewing nicely, but nowhere near yet like ^that.
My bluebells have been coming out nicely over the last few days. Very impressive now, carpets of blue in the woods on this morning's walk
I'm near Chichester and Portsmouth in the South Downs
Down the beach, this evening
I'm not seeing the carpets of bluebells here yet (E Shrops) although there are a couple of places looking promising.
But this was roadside on a lane near Alvechurch this morning; part of a small patch on the verge
desperatebicycle - sadly those look like the non native Spanish invasive species. Not drooping, no yellow stamens, blue not purplish blue and no scent.
Well they aren't going to be too invasive surrounded by sand dunes and gorse
Absolutely loads today at Cam Peak in Glos. Always seem to be like a carpet up there compared to anywhere else locally. Hard to capture just how many there are in a photo, but I tried...
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Blandford Forest today
Lancs bluebells...
The Chilterns near Stoke Row last weekend.
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Bluebells in Stanmer Woods looking stunning at the moment. Took the dogs for a walk and took the camera too. Last 2 are images with intentional camera movement that seems to be trending on Insta at the moment
My role at work currently involves turning up uninvited and generally being welcome to have a look around garden's and fields. Usually it's just looking down the side of the house or a stinky dark alley down the side of a pub, but occasionally I get to poke around large country houses and woodlands.
Today: (off the beaten track and probably only seen by the owners... If I could work out how to get the live images and sound off my work phone you'd get the birdsong too)
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Tried some new trails at a local riding spot last night. The bluebells were the most extensive (several acres of blanket cover) and the most amazing I have ever seen. Period. The photo doesn't do them justice.
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The bluebells are stunning down here in Dorset. This is up on Bulbarrow Hill.