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Title: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: peter hood on April 21, 2015, 01:58:37 PM: Last week I went with Barry & Morag Roberts to a Riverside field in Yorkshire.
The field was covered in Anemone nemorosa and apparently has a good flora throughout the year.
At the moment the star plant is Tulipa sylvestris:
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: peter hood on April 21, 2015, 02:01:10 PM: Since last week, Barry and Morag have been back with another friend, and I attach one of Barry's photos of Fritillaria meleagris which we did not see
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: Maggi Young on April 21, 2015, 02:55:04 PM: Wow! I've heard of such places with that tulip, but I was very doubtful- thanks for proving me so wrong, Peter!
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: David Nicholson on April 21, 2015, 03:40:34 PM: Ah, God's own acres.
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: Alan_b on April 21, 2015, 04:40:57 PM: Does this mean that Tulipa sylvestris, unlike most tulips, likes moist conditions?
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: annew on April 21, 2015, 09:02:27 PM: No I don't think so, if it's the site I know, they are on the river bank well above the waterline (except when it floods!)
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: peter hood on April 22, 2015, 09:15:51 AM: You are quite right in your description, Anne; and I suspect it is the site you know! The picture with the river behind is foreshortened; the Tulips are high on the bank.
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: Hoy on April 22, 2015, 08:11:29 PM: I think Tulipa sylvestris can take moist conditions better than most other tulips. At lest it tolerates moist soil during winter.

Here is a similar site in Norway: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/skogtulipan/interesting/ (http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/skogtulipan/interesting/)

I have seen it in seasonally rather moist ravines and on dry sand.
Title: Re: Somewhere in Yorkshire
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on April 23, 2015, 10:38:24 AM: I have seen it in moist conditions in Canada, but I suspect well drained.