Photographs: Co. Cork

Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Coinnle coora Family: Lilaceae Flowering time: April-May. Perennial bulb. Native. Blue flowers, occasionally white or mauve, one-sided on drooping stalks above green linear leaves. Spreads both vegetatively and by seed. Height: 20-50cm Can be locally common in deciduous woodland and on hedge banks, grassland and bracken covered slopes. Similar: Hybrid Bluebell, H. x massartiana. Flowers April-June with larger, lighter-blue flowers. Introduced.

Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Coinnle coora