A Cotswold Year - Charting the seasons in the South Cotswolds


Monday 1 August 2011

Harebells

The limestone grasslands are now bright with the pale blue flowers of the harebell which thrives in dry grassy places often on poor shallow soils.
Folklore gives the origin of the name from the use of its juices by witches to turn themselves into hares.

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