Digging up the Spanish bluebells

Maggie has been digging up the Spanish bluebells from our garden again, so they don’t hybridise with the true British native flower in Popehouse Moor SSSI…

Sadly, the Spanish flower is threatening our own more delicate emblem of spring across the country. Unlike the native species, the Spanish bluebell grows fast – one has even seeded itself and bloomed in a neglected flowerpot. So the digging will probably have to go on for a few years yet…