BlueBells in West Wycombe, 13 May 2006

One of my favourite flowers is the bluebell. I think they grow wild in the countryside. They smell nice and look very beautiful! The bluebell creates a beautiful perfume in woodland areas!

I had not seen them before, as they grow wild. They probably grow in big parks aswell. When I visited West Wycombe, I saw hundreds all together in Cockshoots Wood. I told my friends who were with me to come and see. We were speechless. They looked like a huge carpet of purple in the forest.

The colours of the bluebells danced in my eyes. In the setting of the trees, the light and shade through the leaves on the trees combined with the green grass and purple flowers.

I don’t know why this flower is called "Blue" as its colour was not blue. It is really purple. Perhaps who ever first called it "blue" thought it would sound strange as "purplebell"!

I tried to grow some in my pot at home, but they died. I think it is natures way of saying they should be left to grow wild like a free spirt. They should not be brought into a city or town full of houses and pollution, but left in the open forest.

© Sheng-Kai Chou 2006