You see it, smell it, hear it as it rustles in the spring breeze.

They’re so emphatic that they have an entire habitat named after them – bluebell woods – as if the year is defined by their show.

Woodland glades are theirs, but some surprise old meadows with their company.

And then they’re gone, and the flowers of early summer take their turn.

Red campion

Buttercup

Bugle