The Fritillaria Group

[Harald-Alex.]

Fritillaria raddeana first time in flower here!

[Harald-Alex.]

Fritillaria persica Black and Alba

[ArnoldT]

20 year old stand of Fritillaria imperialis growing under a German medlar.

[ArnoldT]

Fritillaria meleagris

Fritillaria meleagris Alba

[Yann]

Spotted in southern Evia. Would this be Fritillaria ehrhartii or Fritillaria obliqua (but not sure if the flower angle is correct)?

Steve i think it's ehrhartii

[Maggi Young]

Next meeting of  Frit  Group will be at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham on October 28th 2018 - The theme will be Greece & The Balkans. Hope to have more details soon.

[Maggi Young]

News from Fritillaria Icones - "New age estimate for the origin of Fritillaria at 20.71 Million years ago in Huang et al. 2018. Also estimates for each subgenera "



http://www.fritillariaicones.com/info/news/news_2018/Huang_et_al_2018.html

[Paul Cumbleton]

The Fritillaria Group Autumn Meeting and AGM will be at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. B15 3TR

Date: Sunday 28 October 2018.

Theme: GREECE: FRITILLARIES, LILIES & OTHER STARS
 
08:30   Set-up
09:30   Tea & Coffee
10:00   Fritillaria Group AGM
11:10   ‘Some Greek Fritillaries and other Hellenic Stars' – John Richards
12:30   Lunch Break
13:30    ‘Lilies of Greece: Gems of The Pindus and Rhodope’ – Duncan Coombes
14:45   ‘Greece: A Paradise of Fritillaries but which are they?’ – Bob Wallis & Martyn Rix
16:00   Raffle & Close
 
The meeting is open to the public from 11:10 after the AGM.

Entry
Entry to the Botanical Garden is free on the day for AGS members provided they present their AGS membership card otherwise they will have to pay, as will non-AGS members. 
See https://www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/ for further information about entry fees.

Car Parking
The car park is controlled at all times using ANPR (automatic number plate registration). Anyone entering the car park must enter the registration number of their car within one hour of arrival using one of the terminals situated at the entrance. Terminals will display details of the car and issue a paper confirmation slip which should be kept until leaving. This system is designed to prevent problems with fly-parking.


Paul

[Maggi Young]

Reminder -  see post above for full details ....  entrance fee due by  all who are not AGS members.

[Maggi Young]

Date for the Fritillaria Group Spring Meeting, more details to follow http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/meetings.html

10th March 2019 - New Haw Community Centre,  Woodham Lane, Addlestone KT15 3ND


- speaker   Johan Nilson of the  Gothenburg Botanic Garden

[Maggi Young]

More on that Frit. Group Meeting

[Maggi Young]

Next Fritillaria Group Meeting at Birmingham Botanical Gardens 23 November 2019.
For details see http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/meetings.html



Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road, Edgebaston, Birmingham
​             B15 3TR   Details below:
​
09:30     Arrival, Tea & Coffee

10:00     AGM of the Fritillaria Group of the AGS
              AGM of the Fritillaria Group

11:10     “Growing Fritillaria: What I do and Why" Colin Everett

12:30     Lunch Break and chance to view the Botanical Garden

14:00     “Growing a Farrer Medal winning Rhinopetalum" George Elder

14:30     "The Rhinopetalums"  Rannveig Wallis

16:00     Raffle & Close

​The meeting is open to the general public from 11:10

[Maggi Young]

From a post  on Facebook by  Tim Ingram reminding  people  of the  23rd November  Frit. Group meeting (see  previous post  here for  details) - Tim's  note  on  his report  on a meeting  from 2018 :
"....a résumé of last year's autumn meeting and why the detailed study of such plants really has much wider and profound horticultural implications that underlies the gardens we make and the natural world we discover."
http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/uploads/2/5/9/3/25937001/a_fritillaria_group_meeting_described_by_tim_ingram.pdf

[Maggi Young]

Fritillaria Group spring meeting on 29 March 2020. Details http://fritillaria.org.uk/meetings.html


Edit : meeting  now cancelled   re  corona virus  precautions.


Talks  from Adrian Cooper  and  Laurence  Hill
Venue:
New Haw Community Centre
65 Woodham Lane
Addlestone
KT15 3ND

[Paul Cumbleton]

I'm pleased to let everyone know that a whole lot more back issues of the Fritillaria Group Journal are now available to read and download for free on the Fritillaria Group website, at http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/journal.html. Issues No. 22 (Spring 2008) to No. 44 (Spring 2019) are now available. Issues earlier than these may be added in future - but no electronic versions exist of these so they will need scanning from paper copies. That's a long job! Meanwhile, enjoy the wealth of information, articles and pictures in what's there so far.

Paul