Spring flowers 2020
It’s always good to see Spring arrive and the flowers spring up and come into bloom.
The Wildflower Meadow area has put a lot of growth on in the last few weeks no doubt helped by the wet weather in March and early April and the beautiful sunny weather of the last couple of weeks. Here are three flowers that are much in evidence at the moment.
Like last year, there is a lot of Ribwort Plantain in the Meadow. This plant made up 10% of the original seed mix in 2016 and has really thrived in this location. Cowslip is another plant that you can find in the Meadow at this time of year. It made up only 1% of the original seed mix and is increasing year on year.
Red Campion was another variety that constituted 10% of the original seed mix, but this certainly hasn’t done as well as we would have liked. We planted more Campion in the Meadow last autumn, but they’re not doing well at all. Fortunately for us it does well in other parts of the Green and can be seen near the corner where the Store is and near the pedestrian entrance at the top of the Donkey Steps.
The Wildflower Meadow area has put a lot of growth on in the last few weeks no doubt helped by the wet weather in March and early April and the beautiful sunny weather of the last couple of weeks. Here are three flowers that are much in evidence at the moment.
Like last year, there is a lot of Ribwort Plantain in the Meadow. This plant made up 10% of the original seed mix in 2016 and has really thrived in this location. Cowslip is another plant that you can find in the Meadow at this time of year. It made up only 1% of the original seed mix and is increasing year on year.
Red Campion was another variety that constituted 10% of the original seed mix, but this certainly hasn’t done as well as we would have liked. We planted more Campion in the Meadow last autumn, but they’re not doing well at all. Fortunately for us it does well in other parts of the Green and can be seen near the corner where the Store is and near the pedestrian entrance at the top of the Donkey Steps.