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Birderbryan


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Whilst at Top O'th Slate I have come across the flower below and wondering if its a variant of the Bluebell, because I cant say as I have ever seen lilac bluebells before and there seems to be no mention in my fieldguides of such variants...... obviously any information would be really welcomed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/Beebie/120507Bluebellsbutlilac2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/Beebie/120507Bluebellsbutlilac3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/Beebie/BluebellVariant0905072.jpg

Cheers,
Bryan.



-- Edited by Birderbryan at 13:36, 2007-05-12

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Hi Bryan,There is a spanish variant bluebell found in Ireland[quite insipid colour] that was introduced,never heard of it in England,in strongstry woods there are plenty of bluebells with a few white ones,just wondered if yours were hybrid of blue and white ???

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Hi Brian, Many thanks for your input on this, yes I have just checked out some pages and it does look likely that the specimen at Slate could well be a Spanish variant/hybrid.  I have posted here a site which gives a picture of the two hybrids both pink (as they call it) and white.

http://www.brickfieldspark.org/data/bluebellvariants.htm

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