Snakes Head Fritillary

Two years ago I planted these in the bottom half of my lawn. Last year I had a good show and most of them flowered and set seed. I collected the seed and sowed it last autumn thinking that it needed a cold spell to germinate. It has been outside all winter and at times it has dried out ( its in a normal seed tray ). Looking at the tray today it looks like I have hundreds of seedlings all about 1½ inches tall, first look I thought it was moss going to seed. I hope that I can follow these through to flowering, don't know how long that will take.


Trevor

 

Cor thats great Trevor

To think that 25 years ago the wild population was down to about 3 fields in the upper Thames meadows.

 

We had one of those fields in our village - it was so well known that people were nicking them in the middle of the night

 

Do not be in too big a hurry to prick out the seedlings. It would be better to feed them in the seed tray, then repot in deeper pots in a richer compost, in groups and do that until they get big enough to go in the garden. They take anywhere between 3 to 7 years to reach flowering size.

 

Namaste,
this is what is so invaluable about Gardeners Corner. There's always someone around that knows things about a plant that you never find on the packet. 3 to 7 years: that's a pretty long term commitment. I wish you luck,
Jenny

 

Its just not on is it I visited a nature reserve in the middle of nowhere in Wales and there were square holes all over where the Orchids had been stolen.

 

T

Really not on at all!

 

The only steeling that I agree with is with a camera. I have many photo's of flowers in the wild.

Thanks for the information on growing on I will put that in to action.

Trevor