Last ones for now

[Alex]

I feel like I have had a rash of posting pics on the forum, but these are the last for now, don't worry! They have the same problem that the others have had, which is that I have to take them before I go to work when the light is not at its best (in fact it's never great these days). Nonetheless, here is Fritillaria striata, one bulb I have had for a few years which adds a few flowers to the spike each time but never an offset, and a fuller view of Iris rosenbachiana Tovil Dara which I think is a fantastic form.

Cheers,

Alex

[mark smyth]

I dont grow Frits but know a beauty when I see one

[Maggi Young]

I dont grow Frits but know a beauty when I see one

Well, you got THAT right in one, Mark!
What a stunner!! AND in February!! Wow!
Frit. striata is so lovely..... it may yet make an offset, Alex.... some do take a VERY long time... but while it looks so pretty, what a consolation for you!!

[Lesley Cox]

A wonderful plant of F. striata. I believe it is sweetly scented as well? You can't post too many pictures Alex, so do some more if you have them.

[maggiepie]

What a beautiful plant, and such a treat to see, especially at this time of year.
 

[Gerry Webster]

Alex - congratulations on F. striata - it is said to be very difficult to grow.

[David Nicholson]

Beautiful Alex.

[Alex]

Gerry, I think it is easier than some of those other American frits, recurva etc., although maybe it is just that I happen to have the right conditions for it in my greenhouse (and not for the woodlanders, unfortunately). Of course, it may surprise me by disappearing any time! I really would love some more - I tried JJA seed 2 years running but no germination.

Alex

[Lesley Cox]

Gerry, I think it is easier than some of those other American frits, recurva etc.,

I have striata only as seedlings so far (from Frit Group of AGS) but I'm cheered by the thought that it may be easier than recurva because that does very well for me, in pots in the open, no protection at all. It flowered from seed (JJA) in 3 years from germination and has flowered well for the 3 years since.

[kaydale]

Fantastic photo Alex!!  I'm the same as Lesley Cox, have flowered recurva and eastwoodii but striata is just sitting there sending up single leaflets every year (four years now) but I live in hope . . . .

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry, I think it is easier than some of those other American frits, recurva etc.,

I have striata only as seedlings so far (from Frit Group of AGS) but I'm cheered by the thought that it may be easier than recurva because that does very well for me, in pots in the open, no protection at all. It flowered from seed (JJA) in 3 years from germination and has flowered well for the 3 years since.

My remark on the supposed difficulty of F. striata was based on the comment by Martyn Rix in Rix & Phillips 'The Bulb Book' (p95). I've only seen this plant in the flesh once, grown by that Master Plantsman Alan Edwards - very pretty it was too.

[Maggi Young]

Gerry, I think it is easier than some of those other American frits, recurva etc., Alex

I don't think so!!

[Alex]

Well, it could be down to individual conditions or just this particular clone being vigorous - for an example of the latter point, of the 2 clones of F. liliacea I have (or had), one has gone from one flowering bulb to 3 over the last couple of years, the other has dwindled to nothing and died over the same period.

Alex