Category Archives: Liliaceae

Rusty bluebells

Posted on 2014/05/10 by Fay Newbery

Like many other plants bluebells suffer from a rust disease. Bluebell rust causes yellowed areas on the leaves filled with dark brown/black pustules. Some rusts have as many as five different kinds of spores in a complicated life-cycle that can … Continue reading →

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Bluebells… and pinkbells and whitebells

Posted on 2014/04/30 by Fay Newbery

There is something quintessentially English about the bluebell. The sight of a blue carpet spread beneath newly greening leaves in woodland is rarely repeated in the remainder of Europe. Our native species of bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, the Common bluebell, is found … Continue reading →

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Loddon Lily in the Wilderness

Posted on 2014/03/29 by Fay Newbery

  A single plant of Leucojum aestivum ssp aestivum is flowering near the wooden bridge in the Wilderness. This is the subspecies that is known as the Loddon Lily. Most garden plants belong to ssp pulchellum. It’s on the bank where alder trees … Continue reading →

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Snakeshead in the grass; native or imposter?

Posted on 2012/11/19 by

Fritillaria meleagris L. in the family Liliaceae,  is one of the most enchanting of British wild flowers. Common names include Snakeshead Fritillary, Guinea Hen Flower, Chequer Lily, Chess Flower, Leper Lily and Lazarus Bells. The name Fritillaria comes from the … Continue reading →

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