Planting Snake's Head Fritillary In the Meadow

Snake's Head Fritillary in the meadow, 4th April 2017

5 x 100 bulbs and bulb planter

The planting of Snake's Head Fritillary in the meadow area at the far end of the Provost's garden began in 2015 and in subsequent years has continued with a total of 900 bulbs planted so far. Pleased with the results, see the top photograph, another 500 bulbs have been planted this morning. A long handled bulb planter was used to create the holes in the meadow, the steel head of the planter pushed down into the grass then lifted out with the plug of soil contained within it. Bulbs were placed into the bottom of the hole, a mix of between 1-5 bulbs, then another hole was made forcing the previous plug of soil out of the head. This plug of soil is then placed back into the other hole covering the bulbs, the team are looking forward to the display in the spring.

500 Snake's Head Fritillary Bulbs

2 in the hole

A plugged hole