Thursday 23 April 2015

Easy Come, Easy Go

For quite a few years I had a small clump of Snake's Head Fritillary growing in the rockery. Suddenly last year they failed to appear and seem to have vanished without trace. About the same time a white Fritillary appeared out of nowhere in the front garden:

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Now it has been joined by some Snake's Head variety:

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Neither of which have I planted.  It is possible mice have been burrowing under the rockery and eaten the bulbs or they may have been eaten by Scarlet Lily Beetles which I have seen in the garden in the past. As for the new ones in the front garden - I can only think that birds have self sown them.

10 comments:

  1. Hmm! Wish the birds would sow beautiful flowers like that around my yard and not just weeds!

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    1. Mick: All I usually end up with is having to dig up brambles and such.

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  2. I bet the mice carried them round to the front.

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    1. Gardening mice - now that would be something! John probably has the best fed mice in the neighborhood; maybe they have decided to work for their keep ...

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    2. Wilma: Would,t it just be great if they could be trained to do a bit of weeding ;)

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    3. Adrian: I had considered that. Another possibility is seeds in the compost I used several years ago. Where the white one came from I have no idea as I haven't planted any of those. Nor have I seen any growing locally.

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  3. Great addition. Hoping that my local town reserve will have a few bee orchids again this year, nearly died when I spotted those!

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    1. SDG: I keep meaning to visit the coast here where there are orchids on the land side of the old sand dunes.

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  4. oh, neat! i saw someone post the 2nd type on their blog and they were hoping to i.d. it. now i wish i could remember who it was to tell them what it is!

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    1. TWG: It has lots of different common names in different parts of the world. Latin name is Fritillaria meleagris.

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