Fritillaria Plant Profile and Growing Notes
Fritillaria, for us, is one of the most enchanting bulbs you can grow, the snakes head fritillaria, or fritillaria meleagris is probably the easiest to grow, and it is fascinating with its
chequered
drooping flowerhead in spring it will make a show. If you are patient try fritillaria imperialis
this is the crown prince of fritillaria up to 1.5m with orange or yellow
'Maxima Lutea' drooping bell shaped flowers from the top of its tall stem.
Plant Imperialis on its side deep in the soil (up to 500cm) and maybe if you are patient you will have a clump of spectacular fritillaria in a few years.
In Latin '
fritillus' means checkered dice box.
Propagate fritillaria from offsets, or seed.
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