I grew up near a meadow where Snakeshead fritillaries grew abundantly ... it was in a small river valley which flooded several times a year, and the grassland was totally unimproved, never having had any fertiliser of chemicals on it.
IIRC it was cut for hay once a year. Those are the conditions they need.
I've put mine under the apple tree, in what I grandly call 'the orchard' ( 3 trees!) and leave the grass long. It's not as moist as I would like being on a slope (and last year's heat didn't help) so fingers crossed.
I guess it depends where you live. Mine emerged from their pots, in north London, very early March and are just starting to fade now. Love a fritillary 😊
I have just been checking out my Readers Digest Wildflower Book (1992 edition) and it shows the Fritillary as a rare flower! It is nice to see it being grown now in so many gardens. Had always thought it was difficult to grow but mine are now in their second year from being planted bulbs from Morrisons!
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Mine are well above the soil but not in flower as yet,..my neighbour has his in bloom though they are well established,.. while mine were only sown last year plus i mixed some Summer Snowflake 'Leucojum aestivum' with them as they look similar.
The Summer Snowflake 'Leucojum aestivum',..in bloom last season.
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IIRC it was cut for hay once a year. Those are the conditions they need.
https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/foxfritillarymeadow
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine emerged from their pots, in north London, very early March and are just starting to fade now.
Love a fritillary 😊
It is nice to see it being grown now in so many gardens.
Had always thought it was difficult to grow but mine are now in their second year from being planted bulbs from Morrisons!
The Summer Snowflake 'Leucojum aestivum',..in bloom last season.