Scilla bifolia

Your spring garden is a picture of powder blues, pinks and white...I can just imagine it! :))

The 'pear tree' area is mostly bright blue and yellow, K, with a corner of pink. I do enjoy putting the colours together, as you know! It's very spring-like at the moment, but I've added more later flowering plants.

ooh, like it! guessing from the name that it's a Bluebell species? hope mine look half as good

I suppose they must be related, Fran. I haven't checked, to be honest. My book tells me the 'family' names, but it's downstairs.

lol that's a good enough reason! they probably don't care what their exact botanical name is, anyway

Ummm... I forgot to look.

Wikipedia says: "Scilla has most recently been classified as belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae; the subfamily was formerly treated as a separate family, Hyacinthaceae".

So - they used to be related, now they're not!!!!!!

that's DNA technology for you.
I must get some of the blue. I have the pink one like you have too.

I have a "bluebell types" leaflet, lists three: Native, Hybrid and Spanish - apparently Spanish are invasive

i've had it for ages, neglected to put a source on my large-print version, but just tried Google and found it: it's a pdf so i can't give a link, but if you put

"Alarm Bells for Bluebells Project report" (without quotes works)

into Google, it's the first item - the info is on p5

Yes, I have all three in my garden. I know which is which! :-) (Thanks, though...)

lol but you're an expert's expert!

Noooo................................

All our bluebells, white and pink ones were Spanish, so we have been gradually getting rid of them, as they were taking over the garden.......

the leaflet I mentioned has advice on taht, DD, so as to minimise their chances of coming back. touch wood I never need it!

I admit they do spread rather a lot....