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Hyacinthoides x massartiana



8th April 2007

This is the name for the swarm of hybrids between Hyacinthoides non-scripta and Hyacinthoides hispanica which occur wherever the two plants grow together. Unfortunately, plants in cultivation in gardens are spreading their genes into wild populations of the English Bluebell, and risk messing up their beauty.
This one is blue, but they also turn up in pink and white.

26th April 2008


The Spanish Bluebell is a charming little thing that prospers around the house here. It was here when I arrived, and it is still here, where it is more or less welcome. Unfortunately, it hybridises with the native Bluebells that grow in the fields around and the hybrids have to be prevented from escaping.
This pink version of the species is by far the prettiest, in my opinion - the blue is just a second rate Bluebell, and the white might as well be the three cornered leek that grows so abundantly with it.

7th April 2008

The hybrids are much more vigorous than either of the parents, and they can flower earlier in the season, so it takes vigilance to keep them from running riot.

11th May 2013


A mixed population that grows in the grass under my front windows (they came free with the house).

23rd April 2021