Blue/white Spanish Hyacinth collection

The Blue/White Spanish Bluebell Collection brings a delightful charm to all semi-shaded and slightly wild areas of the garden. These bulbous plants offer a lovely spring flowering, in the form of trailing bell-shaped flowers, in a light blue-lilac color for the classic form, or pure white for the Alba form. The clusters of flowers emerge from a tuft of long linear leaves, displaying a beautiful fresh and shiny green color. Give this prolific plant some space, as it forms large and beautifully blooming colonies in spring.

This collection includes:

x 20 bulbs of Hyacinthoides hispanica, the wild species with such a fresh blue color

x 20 bulbs of Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Alba', a pure white flower selection

The Spanish Bluebell, in Latin Hyacinthoides hispanica, is a botanical species often confused with the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), which is native to Central European woodlands. This wild plant, tolerant and robust, comes from Spain and Portugal, and has naturalized in many countries. It is a bulbous plant belonging to the Asparagaceae family (subfamily Hyacinthaceae). Its natural habitat corresponds to forest edges, fallow land, and leafy woodlands (beech, oak, and chestnut), always in partial shade and in soils that remain somewhat moist.

Anchored on a tall and narrow bulb, deeply buried in the ground, the Spanish bluebell multiplies through numerous stolons, eventually forming dense clumps of lanceolate leaves, 20 to 50 cm (8 to 20in) long and 3 to 4 cm (1 to 2in) wide at the base, wider than those of the common bluebell. The flowering stems emerge from late April to June, depending on the climate. They reach a height of 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) and bear clusters of 4 to 16 slightly flared bell-shaped flowers, with little or no curling at their tips. The flowers are distributed all around the stem, unlike those of the common bluebell, which are all located on the same side of the stem. The flowering gives way to globose fruits, while the leaves wilt on the ground. The seeds are released when all above-ground parts have dried up. Naturalizing both through its trailing rhizomes and spontaneous seedlings, the Spanish bluebell is capable of covering the ground of an entire wood.

The bulbs are packed and labeled separately.

The Spanish Bluebell, enhanced by this mix of blue and white, offers the magnificent spectacle of its flowering when planted en masse in the slightly wild areas of the garden, where it can spread freely. It will be perfect for bordering a shaded pathway, running along a wall or fence, or embellishing the ground under a grove of deciduous bushes. It will accompany the flowering of brooms, highlight the flowering of almond and flowering cherry trees, creating a magnificent spectacle at little cost. It can also be associated with white, pink, or red tulips and botanical narcissus.