Native Bluebells in the UK

Artist: Christina Hart-Davies
Native bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)  have narrow leaves, usually about 10mm or 15mm wide,

• have deep blue (sometimes white, rarely pink), narrow, tube-like flowers, with the very tips curled right back. 
• have flowers mostly on one side of the stem only, and distinctly drooping, or nodding, at the top
• have a distinct, sweetish scent
• Inside the flowers, the anthers with the pollen are usually cream.

Britain is home to up to half the worlds total population and so we have to protect this charismatic plant.