Pink & white Bluebells?

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  1. Aesculus

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    I noticed the other day in my local copse that there's a small clump of white bluebells and with one pink bluebell in the middle but all the rest are the normal blue I was just wondering if anyone could tell me why? are they hybrids? or just abnormalities?
     
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    Hi Aesculus Yes they are Indeed HyBrids:)
     
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    Spanish bluebells...rip them out. They are taking over from our native bluebells!
     
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    Not nessesarilly, some of our native Bluebels can naturally be pink or white.
     
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    I'm pretty sure they are actually native as the stems aren't short and robust like Spanish bluebells (from what I cant recall), I'm pretty sure they were small and drooped towards the top..
     
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    I'd be interested too as we have native bluebells in our garden and last season some pink ones appeared
     
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