How are bluebells adapted to where they live?

Bluebells: They are small delicate blue flowers that coat the floor of the English woodlands in early spring. Grown from a bulb, the bulb is a store of food left behind in the ground by the previous year's growth. This means that the plant can start to grow quickly and they are ready to flower in the early spring. They have grown in months when there is little leaf on the trees and so they get maximum light. If they were to grow later in the year, it is probable that the tree would starve them of light and they would be unable to photosynthesize.

In the spring, they all flower together, increasing the chances of insect pollination. Then they all die back, being starved of light they can no longer prosper and so they store their excess food for next year rather than produce above ground growth.