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Spring is springing - what is your favourite flower and your favourite wild flower. Why?

Marianne72

I love the simplicity of daisies [marguerites] also lawn daisies. Also, deep gold marigolds, for their cheerfulness. Lastly, fuchsias of all kinds - especially because they attract the huge humming-bee hawk-moth.

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  • Bluebells. They change the appearance of the land around the trees in such a lavish fashion that Ì just have to “stand and stare”. I stare from a distance, close up and from different angles, willing myself to absorb their brilliance.

    I’m fortunate that there are lots of different locations with stunning bluebell displays near me. I have loads of photographs but they don’t capture the magnificence of the moment in the way that looking intently can.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I think theres something about bluebell woods that give us a sort of instinctive magical reaction, I don't know if the smell or what, but they totally transform the atmosphere of a wood.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Their delicate / fresh / sweet fragrance profile (of the UK native species) is often referred to as being "green-floral" and it has been described as similar to green violet leaves, hyacinth and light musk.

    By contrast, if you see "Bluebells", yet experience their fragrance as more akin to onions, or a barely perceptible scent - they are likely plants of the introduced Spanish Bluebell.

    For me, it is the hyacinth-like notes which bring the fragrance magic of the UK native species.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Their delicate / fresh / sweet fragrance profile (of the UK native species) is often referred to as being "green-floral" and it has been described as similar to green violet leaves, hyacinth and light musk.

    By contrast, if you see "Bluebells", yet experience their fragrance as more akin to onions, or a barely perceptible scent - they are likely plants of the introduced Spanish Bluebell.

    For me, it is the hyacinth-like notes which bring the fragrance magic of the UK native species.

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