Fritillaria 2016

[Yann]

Yes you all have early blooming, mine are just spreading in the coldframe.

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria kotschyana


Fritillaria crassifolia crassifolia


Fritillaria shikokiana -A delicate and rather underwhelming wee thing.


Fritillaria gibbosa -A plant purchased from Janis Ruksans.

[Roma]

Fritillaria imperialis 'Sunset' - flower buds showing

[Cfred72]

The wind is too strong today, it is a disaster. The Fritillaria raddeana broke and no longer holds that not one rod flap. I straightened and tied in Hoping that the stem will feed the bulb so that it survives.

[ThomasHe]

i had this as well. Is a broken steam always losing bulb? Thank you all Prof's for your answer, Thomas

[Maggi Young]

Even if a stem is broken off at ground level, a new bulb will form if no rot  gets into the wound.  It will be smaller than usual, because of  not having the leaves to feed the new bulb - but all is not lost.

[Cfred72]

It is reassuring, thank you Maggi 

I will nevertheless attempt to obtain seeds with another plant.

[ThomasHe]

thank you very much Maggi !

[Claire Cockcroft]

Fritillaria affinis, modest but nice.

[Cfred72]

Fritillaria meleagris in the glass house

[Steve Garvie]

Fritillaria tubiformis


Fritillaria latifolia


Fritillaria aff. karelinii


Fritillaria gibbosa -a rather pale form.


Fritillaria yuminensis

[ArnoldT]

Has been living outdoors in the same spot for 25 years.

Fritillaria imperialis

[Cfred72]

The Fritillaria raddeana seems to go on living after I attached to her guardian. We will see how it looks but to go for now.

[ian mcdonald]

Cfred, would your F. meleagris be better in the garden? Mine are doing well and there is a small wild population near here.

[Cfred72]

In the garden, they go very well. However I had sown seeds in pots. I placed a few bulbs in the pot in the seeds, just to see the flowers and young shoots. There is however no seedlings that germinated.