Fritillaria acmopetala seedlings?

[maggiepie]

I germinated some Fritillaria acmopetala seeds last year and potted them up, then in summer planted them in the garden, being new to growing them I didn't realize you are supposed to leave them in the pot for a few years
Anyway, just looking around the garden I saw these where I dumped the pots, are they second year frits?

[Maggi Young]

Yes, they are!

[Gerry Webster]

I germinated some Fritillaria acmopetala seeds last year and potted them up, then in summer planted them in the garden, being new to growing them I didn't realize you are supposed to leave them in the pot for a few years
Anyway, just looking around the garden I saw these where I dumped the pots, are they second year frits?

They look like frit leaves. I think F. acmopetala will grow almost anywhere (except where you want it to grow).

[maggiepie]

Maggi, how many years do they take to flower from seed?

Gerry, I will tell them I intend to move them and maybe they will grow for me 

[Maggi Young]

Oooh, err, hate to tell you this, could be at least five years in the open in Canada 

[Lesley Cox]

And the damned things tend to make a million babies and very few flowering size bulbs. For acmopetala I keep some in captivity in a pot for flowers and heave out the babies regularly to take their chances.

[maggiepie]

Oh Maggi you have just brought me down to earth with a BIG thump!!!!
5 years to flower, I might not have that much time 

Lesley, are you saying these frits aren't really worthwhile keeping?
I wouldn't like to wait 5 years and then find out I still don't get flowers 
Am really wanting to grow reliable plants, our growing season is so short.

[Maggi Young]

Helen, courage, dear! You have them now.... justleave 'em be, the time will pass and with luck, you'll be there to see the flowers. In the meantime there are masses of things  you can grow to give you a quick fix..... lots of great plants take years... it's worth the wait, gives you a reason to keep breathing  .... look at Hans' tree paeonies in that thread......

[maggiepie]

Helen, courage, dear! You have them now.... justleave 'em be, the time will pass and with luck, you'll be there to see the flowers. In the meantime there are masses of things  you can grow to give you a quick fix..... lots of great plants take years... it's worth the wait, gives you a reason to keep breathing  .... look at Hans' tree paeonies in that thread......

Oh Maggi, I did, they stole my breath away !!!!!
I also have 9 baggies of different types of  frits in the fridge that need to be potted up  asap.
I can't even begin to tell you the pleasure I get walking around the garden and seeing all sorts of forgotten plantings poking their noses up.
You probably know the feeling, right? 
Then, I have to find room for all my seedlings from the seed  exchange, life is so hard at times 

[Rodger Whitlock]

Take heart, Helen. Over the years I've planted various frits here and there never expecting to see them again, but I notice this year several of them flowering. Frits don't wildly excite me so they are all unlabelled, but they seem to have settled down at long last.

[Lesley Cox]

Helen I'd NEVER say they weren't worth growing or waiting for. F. acmopetala is a very beautiful species and I'd never want to be without it. I just meant that it takes a while to attain a good flowering colony. But it will come and you'll know it was worth the wait. F. acmopetala is very prolific with its babies but there will be some which grow bigger, to flowering size.

[maggiepie]

Rodger, I've only seen the F.meleagris and I appear to have lost my white ones   
It's funny how people have such varied tastes in plants, I see pics of frits and drool, yet things like daylilies leave me cold.

Lesley, I will leave them alone and hope they all grow huge and flower, it is always such a lovely surprise to find forgotten plants poking their noses up through the soil and wondering what the heck they might be.

[Regelian]

Lesley, I will leave them alone and hope they all grow huge and flower, it is always such a lovely surprise to find forgotten plants poking their noses up through the soil and wondering what the heck they might be.

What, unmarked plants in the garden!    How often have I pulled up a 'weed' to find a bulb attached.  Hmmm.  Some people call it gardening.

[maggiepie]

What, unmarked plants in the garden!    How often have I pulled up a 'weed' to find a bulb attached.  Hmmm.  Some people call it gardening.

Jamie, it will get worse as you age