Native plants

[burnie]

I do love our native plants, I have planted many in my various gardens over the years, I have tried growing Snakes Head Fritillary before with no real success, but this year I have them everywhere.

[mothhawk]

I have a few too, they are so exotic looking, but so happy growing in my garden. Unfortunately I think I pull some up when trying to get rid of lesser celandine, which grows through everything at this time of year.

[Small pumpkin]

After living here for nearly 5 years. I've got a couple of snakes head fritillary appear in my veg garden this year. They are lovely.

[burnie]

I need to get some Celandine, wife's favourite this time of year.

[nickdub]

The name Fritillary comes form the Latin fritillus, a dice-box, - someone thought the pattern on the flower was like that on the boxes the Romans kept their dice in.

[4Shoes]

Yes, they are lovely .... Native to Scotland?

Wee google and ... were once common in markets around England as kids picked them in the meadows.

[burnie]

Ahh, an incomer making one of my usual mistakes then lol.

[Squingy]

I do love our native plants, I have planted many in my various gardens over the years, I have tried growing Snakes Head Fritillary before with no real success, but this year I have them everywhere.
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They're so cute burnie. I tried with those in a trough, no luck then didn't bother after.

[DannyK]

Keep an eye on Fritillaries as lily beetles like them.