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Plant snake's head fritillaries now to transform your spring garden – for unusual, checkerboard flowers next year
The snake’s head fritillary is a remarkable plant. Known by many names, including the chess flower and the chequered lily, this spring flowering bulb has striking, magical blooms that open in ...
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Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before
It just so happened that a checkerboard flower already existed in nature—the snake’s head fritillary. Cocioba wondered if he could import some of the genes from that plant into a morning glory.
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Oxfordshire county flower 'obliterated' by severe weather
Just over 6,000 snake's head fritillaries were counted by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) this year. That is down from 43,000 last year - and the lowest figure ...