Fritillaria persica

[meanie]

Blooming for the first time in my partners garden......

[galanthophile]

That is beautiful! I have one small plant in the garden which is quite spindly so I have bought a new plant which is still in a pot. I find fritillaries quite difficult so I hope I get a result like yours.

[meanie]

I wish that I could take credit for this Galanthophile, but it's all Sues work!
She bought it at the end of season sale for a couple of quid, put it in a ten inch pot and shoved it in the corner for the winter! It stands about a metre tall.
She's a little disappointed that there don't appear to be any offsets though....

[Maggi Young]

She's a little disappointed that there don't appear to be any offsets though....

 Patience, there's time !

[meanie]

I agree Maggi, but you know how it is.....
Strangely, her F.imperialis seems to have blasted again. Looks as if I may "win" that one, as failing two years in a row would be the final straw!

[Paul T]

Congratulations!!  That is a beauty!!  I hope to flower it one year, some time in the distant future when I am hopefully finally successful with it.   I can dream.

Thanks for the pics.

[Lesley Cox]

There are many colour forms of F. persica but I like this red/brown best, usually with a plummy bloom on the flowers.

[meanie]

Paul T - stick with it, it's worth it!
Lesley Cox - I had no idea that there were other shades around, but this is the shade for me. I love dark flowers - I'm hoping to get blooms from my Hollyhock "Nigra" this summer.  I'll try to dig out the photos of a very dark Phal noid that I have from when it was in bloom.

[Lesley Cox]

Meanie (I really don't like addressing someone by such a name) there are forms in different shades or mixtures of greens, reds, and even ivory white. All are magnificent though I've only seen most here, on the Forum.

It seems you like the very dark colours? Do you grow chocolate cosmos for instance (Cosmos atrosanguineus)? I grow the so-called "black" hollyhock too. It's wonderful.

[meanie]

Greens certainly sound interesting.
I'm an appalling "bigot" when it comes to plants, and for some reason Cosmos suffers my from prejudice towards what I call "daisy like" flowers. Pansies are another that I really don't like, but I have grown this one in the past simply because it's the closest thing to a black flower that I've found......