The fleeting flower – Bluebell Woods
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Growing up in England, if I was ever going to escape from my urban landscape, May was the time to do it. With the right amount rain and sunshine, the English countryside, especially the woodlands, was magnificent, especially the Bluebell Woods.
A bluebell wood is a wood that in spring-time has a carpet of bluebells underneath a newly forming leaf canopy. The thicker the summer canopy, the more competitive ground-cover is suppressed, encouraging a dense carpet of bluebells, whose leaves mature and die down by early summer. Bluebell woods may be found in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as elsewhere in Europe. Bluebells are a common indicator species for ancient woodland.
Picture by Gethin Thomas
Picture by Anesch
Picture by Luxjules
Bluebell Wood in Belgium
Somewhere in England, a well worn path among the bluebells
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So England isn’t necessarily so bad then?…;-)
Nice to see you miss the beautiful bits old bean.
Wonderful posting, thanks.
What I wouldn’t give to be on that trail…beautiful!
Oh my heavens. Oh my…thanks so much for this Holte. How magnificent.
You’re very welcome Jenny.
Oh, if there were a heaven, that’s what it would look like. Just lovely!
Every spring is heaven to me.
Lovely pictures, would like to see Bluebell Woods in person.
Another set of pictures that makes me miss England. Thanks man.