Monty Don: Lovely snakeshead fritillaries thrive in the wild in our wet grasslands
One of my favourite plants is now at its best in my garden. It started flowering early this year and only lasts a few weeks, but it is one of the loveliest, oddest and most exotic of all our native plants. It is the snakeshead fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. It has nodding bells of flower, each … Read more