When I visited Butcher's Wood in Sussex last week the Wood Anemones were flowering in their thousands (entry dated 4th. April). Among them the first Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) were coming into flower.
 As mentioned Anemone nemorosa is a species found in ancient woodlands and often shares that habitat with our native Bluebell. In the weeks ahead in locales like Butcher's Wood the drifts of white will give way to a haze of blue.