Generously 5/6 cm (circumference) bulbs for your autumn gardening
FRITILLARIA UVA VULPIS
(Common name: Snake’s head fritillary, guinea flower, chequer lily )
The snake’s head fritillary is one of the most exquisite jewels in the treasure house of British wild flowers. Its linear grey-green leaves are followed in spring by nodding heads sometimes of pure white, or more frequently marked with a delicate chequerboard pattern in shades of purple. Sadly, this is a sight that has become too infrequent in the wild, and to help preserve this beauty, plants raised from seed in the nursery at Rosemoor have been successfully naturalised in grass around the old gnarled oak tree in the Lake Field.
