Keeping Flower Records 2020
, 3 February 2020
Hello Bulb Buddies,
I’ve heard that many of you are expecting your plants to flower soon. Well done for looking after your plants so well. I’m looking forward to seeing photos of your flowers so please share these with me.
Why not have a go at drawing botanical illustrations of your plants? There are lots of different examples of drawings like these on the Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales website if you want ideas. I’ve added an example of a botanical drawing from the museum’s collection on the right, does this look like your plant?
Can you name the different parts of your plant? Do you know what the anther and the sepal are? Drawing and labeling your plants is a lovely way to look at them in more detail. Please share your artwork with me if you do this.
Remember to look at the ‘Keeping Flower Records’ resource on the website. This shows how to tell when your plant has fully opened and how to measure your plants height. These records are important for our study, as we will look at the average flowering dates and compare these with previous years.
It will be interesting to see whether our plants flower early this year. The MET Office reported that January 2020 was the 6th warmest January since 1884, with lower than average frosts for the time of year. Do you think this will have affected our plants growth?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section when you enter your weather data Bulb Buddies.
Keep up the good work!
Professor Plant
