Friday 14 March 2014

Fritillaries in Véron

Last year in April we visited Véron to see a wonderful display of Fritillaries growing there. We wrote about it here.

We were looking forward to a return trip this April, until, that is, fellow blogger Susan commented that the Fritillaries are in flower a good two weeks early in the Aigronne Valley . Armed with this information we decided to take a trip up to Véron this afternoon, to see if the Fritillaries there were out early.

We were not disappointed.... Suffice it to say, the display was even better than last year! We took so many photos but we'll have to let these few give you an idea of what we saw...
 

So thank you Susan, for giving us the nod. If we'd left it much longer we would have missed the full impact of these beautiful, elegant flowers.

If you have the chance of going up to Véron over the next few days, it is well worth the visit. Get in touch if you need details.

6 comments:

Susan said...

Very nice indeed. Some lovely stylish photos. I noticed a Buff/White-tailed Bumble Bee working over the ones in the Aigronne Valley yesterday, so they obviously like them. Dunno what the Bot. Assoc. is going to do on 13 April then :-) Were these around La Giraudiere?

Tim said...

They are improving hour by hour in the valley here....
it is a lovely sight!!
These pix really do them justice...
now, keep an eye open for the Purple Toothwort.
A strange plant...
a very strange plant!!

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Susan, they were a bit further west than La Giraudiere. We've emailed a map to you.

Tim, if you're around on Sunday afternoon we will come over and take a look at the ones in the Aigronne valley...

Jean said...

Beautiful!
I hope there are still some in bloom when we arrive next weekend!

Tim said...

We will be around on Sunday...
planting treez!

Tim said...

Jean, whilst everything is weeks in advance...
they've really only just started!
You should be OK...