Bloom

Bunches of strikingly colored bluebells have flowered at Exmoor National Park, in southwest England. This wouldn't normally be that exciting — but in this ...

A previous study found that common garden flowers can remain dormant for at least twenty years, and seeds can withstand far longer periods but there is plenty we’re yet to uncover about plant dormancy. The bluebells must have persisted beneath the bracken for several hundred years since it last had a tree canopy. Park authorities have been working on changing that, and they’re about halfway planting new trees to reforest the area.