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Pink Bluebell
Plant of the Day
Friday 2 May 2025
In the Marengo Community Garden, Orkney, the Tulipa ‘Orange Parrot’ (tulip) flowers have been looking great in association with the new stems of Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter' (spurge) and the Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish bluebell, large bluebell, Spanish squill).
Jill Raggett
Hyacinthoides × massartiana
17-SEP-2025
Melbourne, Vic
Spring blossom in our garden
Have you grown Spanish bluebell/Hyacinthoides hispanica?
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Hyacinthoides ×massartiana
Members of this genus are commonly called “bluebells”, and they were formerly put in the related genus Scilla. The plant pictured, Hyacinthoides ×massartiana, is a hybrid between Hyacinthoides non-scripta, the common bluebell of Western Europe, and Hyacinthoides hispanica, native to Spain and Portugal. It is growing in quite a bit of shade at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, but has still managed to put forth its beautiful blue flowers. It is a very easy-to-grow plant, and is now placed in the subfamily Scilloideae of the Asparagus Family. This subfamily was formerly known as the Hyacinth Family (Hyacinthaceae).
-Brian
