The Scottish bluebell is a blue “bell” shaped wild flower which blooms across the Scottish hillsides in spring, forming the illusion of a blue carpet between the trees. In Scottish folklore fairies were thought to live in the flowers and the bluebells were known as “Fairy Bells”
Many a song and poem have been written about the Scottish Bluebell. Here is an extract from a popular poem
The rose, summer's emblem,'tis England's chosen tree
And France decks her shield with the stately Fluer-de-lis
But brighter, fairer far than these
There blooms a flower for me,
On Scotland's grassy lea
Where from the dark, up springs the lark
The rising sun to see!
Where from the dark, up springs the lark
The rising sun to see!
