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| 300 Snakes Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris |
The planting of Snakes Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, into the meadow area at the far end the Provost's garden started two years ago with an initial planting of 100 bulbs. A year later a further 500 were planted, the two put on quite a show this spring, see blog entry 4th April 2017 'Fritillaria's Floral Diversity'. This morning the planting of these fritillary continued with a further 300 being planted to make an even better show next year.
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| Bulbs |
To plant the 300 bulbs the team used long handled bulb planters. Holes were made by pushing the steel head of the planter down into the grass and lifting the head out with the plug of soil within it, a bulb is placed into the bottom of the hole, another hole is then made forcing the previous plug of soil out of the head which is then placed back into the other hole covering the bulb, easy!
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| Long Handled Bulb Planter |
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| Guide Photographs Taken in March 2017 |
Continuing with the bulb planting in the afternoon the team moved to the Nuffield lawn to plant daffodils, Narcissus 'Ice Follies'. The first planting of this daffodil took place last year, see blog entry 25th October 2016, 25Kg Bag Of Daffodils, Narcissus 'Ice Follies', and, with the use of photographs taken in March, the team are guided to an empty area that needs to be filled. The contents of another 25kg bag were spread out across this empty area and planted, now they have to wait until next March to see the new display.
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| Planting Narcissus 'Ice Follies' |
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| The Gap Is Filled |
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