I have been planting out (about 6 weeks too late!) Great Burnet. I saw a single plant of this in flower in a nearby field last year so it is probably natural to this area. These plants came as plugs in January and have been potted on - but should have been planted out earlier as there is now only about 6 weeks growing time before the field is cut. However they seem unhappy in the pots so I thought it better to plant them out now rather than keep them for planting after the hay cut.
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| Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officials) ready to plant |
I had put roundup in some small patches across the meadow earlier in the year, so i am hoping that they will be able to grow well without the competition from established grass.
Elsewhere in the meadow things are growing well, with Field Buttercup and Ragged Robin giving a good show of colour.
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| Field Buttercup |
The cuckoo flower is just about over. Ten years ago there were only 7 or 8 heads of cuckoo flower, but with the right cutting regime this has increased every year. Last year there were about 50. This year for the first time there were just too many to count - more than a hundred I would guess.
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