Fritillaria michailovskyi is from North Eastern Türkiye, it grows in mountainous areas and with its deep burgundy rounded bell shaped flowers with a deep yellow rim is a colourful spring flowering bulb.
So we are talking about the area near Ağrı, Erzurum and Kars , at altitudes of around 2000m.
This is a rather short growing species reaching only around 10 inches (25cm) in height.
Sometimes called Michael’s flower, although the species name michailovskyi is named after a Russian botanist S.J. Michailovskyi.
How To Grow Fritillaria michailovskyi
This is a species that naturally grows in alpine area, screes and open rocky slopes so drainage needs to be excellent.
- Use a free draining potting mix or grow in the garden where drainage is good.
- It pots use a deep pot to allow the bulb to drag itself down.
- Plant the bulbs at around 4 inches deep (10cm) which seems deep for the size of the bulb however this helps with keeping the bulb cool and moist.
- Plant individual bulbs at around 2 – 4 inches (5 – 10cm) apart.
- During active growth water regularly.
- During dormancy the soil or potting mix needs to allowed to dry a little. Dormancy will be over summer
- Use a liquid fertiliser every two weeks after flowering until the foliage dies back.
- In containers repot every 3 – 4 years using a good quality free draining potting mix.