What's the difference between bluebell and harebell?
Bluebell
Definition:
(n.) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.
(n.) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).
Example Sentences:
(1) But in areas such as London, where demand has pushed rents to much higher levels, tenants such as Bluebell can easily find themselves having to pay more.
(2) It is one of the most wooded parts of Britain, and in late April and early May this is one of the best places in Britain to see spectacular beds of bluebells among the rich ash, oak and beech woods.
(3) The cycle route includes unsurfaced sections but it’s well worth it, especially in late spring for the shimmering displays of bluebells.
(4) Martha, she adds, will never be forgotten by anybody who met her, describing how the teenager would walk her three-legged rabbit, Bluebell, around the local streets to the delight of their neighbours and that her favourite film was Some Like It Hot .
(5) A flowering bluebell on the Cotswolds believes that Valentine’s Day falls in May.
(6) Bluebell spent a year in temporary hostel accommodation provided by Camden council after her marriage failed in 2009.
(7) Easter weekend is likely to be the peak time to see bluebells in the south of England, according to Oates, although the best displays may be available on higher ground and north-facing slopes that flower later.
(8) Bluebell Harrison cannot sleep at night: she is frightened that she will lose her 19-month-old son to her former partner because she faces eviction from her rented flat.
(9) Few things are as bewitching as an English bluebell wood in the spring, with a carpet of shimmering flowers turning the light blue under the trees, and the air laden with scent.
(10) All over the south and east of England, woods are suffering the effects of the worst drought in three decades, which, while bringing the peak bluebell flowering forward to the bank holidays, has also impaired their growth.
(11) She is threatened with losing her home in Camden, north London, because her landlord wants to put the rent up above the current level of housing benefit Bluebell receives, and is not prepared to accept the new lower levels that will apply from the start of next year.
(12) Beneath the ashes of Ashwellthorpe are carpets of bluebells and early purple orchids in spring and white admiral butterflies in July.
(13) It was a happy discovery for both men, and later a proper biography, A Voyage Round John Mortimer (2007), by Valerie Grove did her subject justice, capturing some of the pleasures of the Mortimer caravanserai: the long Sunday lunches at Turville in winter, the bluebell picnics in Chiltern woods every spring; the summer idylls in that part of Italy he dubbed Chiantishire.
(14) Matthew Oates, a naturalist for the National Trust , said: "The warm and dry weather of the last few weeks has sped up the flowering process for bluebells, but the absence of rain means that visitors will need to be quick to see them – it could be a short but sweet season for bluebells and other classic spring plants like the primrose.
(15) The bluebell starts growing in January with its sole purpose to flower before the other woodland plants, but in dry conditions the bluebell will flower less, will be less abundant and its growth will be stunted."
(16) In her autobiography, she described her mother, the former Bluebell dancer and actress Hélène Thornton-Bosment, as being "absent" for large portions of her childhood.
(17) • Bluebells were still in flower at the end of May in woodlands as far as south-west as Devon, and autumn produced a fantastic colour display and was "great" for grassland fungi.
(18) There were bluebells and an abundance of spring blossom, especially in orchards, but it was a poor year for the rare pasque flower – the Easter flower – because of the spring drought.
(19) But daytrippers hoping for a sight of bluebell woods this Easter may be disappointed, as the drought that brought a hosepipe ban into effect f or 20 million people also means bluebells are less abundant than usual.
(20) So many times.” Bluebell, his jack russell, starts barking.
Harebell
Definition:
(n.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the end of the field, among the thin gold spikes of grass and the harebells and Gipsy roses and St John's Wort, we may just take one last look, over our shoulders, at the white house where neither we nor anyone else is wanted now."