Snake's Head Fritillaries are the most amazing wild flower - it is indeed hard to believe that they are a native plant: they look as though they belong in an exotic botanical collection in a greenhouse at Kew. They like damp grassland and I am really pleased that there is a small colony opposite my house growing along the sloping banks of the stream. Unusually, there is also a naturally-occurring white variant. They are very rare and are only found in a few locations in the country, which makes the few individuals near us very special...perhaps remnants from a more abundant past.
No comments:
Post a Comment