My Fritillary

I always leave mine. Just snap off the head/seed pod if you dont want seed.

Just like daffodils the leaves need to stay on to feed the bulb so that it will flower again next year...

As you may see in back ground no leave jsut straight stem where flower has blown off.

In the case of frits. the leaves are on the flower stem... looking I can see stems with leaves on

Thin stems with thin leaves an no flower bloom as blown in the wind.

Scotkat the thin stems with thin leaves are what you need to lelave alone to die down naturally

Thanks MG never grown these before.

You're welcome Scotkat, it can be difficult to know what to do with bulbs.

MG and TAT thankyou yes sometiems new bulbs not sure .

Adn if I take the seed pod and dry seeds is there a chance I can get new plants.

Yes collect the seeds and sow immediately in a seed compost - remember though this is a bulb so it will take about 5 years to get to flowering size.

Thanks MG this is interesting do:)

Also something else can passon to kids garden club at Peel.

Well I personally would not pass on bulb seed to children - they are likely to get extremely bored waiting for the seed to turn into a flowering size bulb... how many children have a 5 year attention span, come to that how many adults do... that is why most people buy their bulbs at flowering size. David & I are mad enough to grow all sorts of bulbs from seed including Arisaema, Frits., Crocus, Narcissus.