Fritillaria 2007

[Ian Y]

Chris I have found most frits can be self pollinated. To stand the best chance of success pollinate with a paint brush from the time the pollen starts to flow up until the flower fades. The reason for this is many flowers have an  stigma that is not receptive to its own pollen but this often breaks down with time and as the flower starts to fade is often the time to get a successful self pollination.

[chris]

thanks Ian I will try it and if I get seeds than I will send them to seed donation,
here F.hermonis amana

[David Nicholson]

My very first Frit. OK totally unremarkable, but cheap to buy in case I managed to kill the bulbs. A question though should the flowers open further than those shown in the picture-they have been at this stage for the last two weeks?  On dry days! I take them out of the greenhouse and give them some air and sun without the intervention of glass but they don't seem interested in opening further.

Having got this far, there will be others next year.

[Lesley Cox]

That's about it David.

[Maggi Young]

should the flowers open further than those shown in the picture

Lesley's right, David, that's as good as it gets!

[David Shaw]

Then its all downhill to becoming a Frit Freak and BD!

Our frit collection started about six years ago at the Inverness Discussion Weekend. The bulb exchange was swamped with frit rice and in the end we could not even give it all away. I made sure that I collected as many different varieties as possible and over the last couple of years have started to get them flowering.
We now have a good basic collection for the garden and for pots.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks all-looks as though I'm embarking on yet another obsession? I may as well keep to pots anything as high as my uva vulpis would get blown down pretty quickly in my garden.

[Lesley Cox]

A nice obsession though David (and David). One thing I especially like about a collection of different frits is that every one has great "character." They're not just pretty or colourful but rely on their individual personalities in order to grab us. And do always lift their heads to look inside. Some are exquisiely marked. Here are a couple I prepared earlier (6 months ago).





These two are top, F. mutabilis and bottom, F crassifolia, maybe v. gracilis.
One thing about F. uva-vulpis. I find it is best grown very hard as the foliage and stems are quite soft and flop about with any hint of good living, or being under glass or even sheltered. Grow 'em tough.

[johanneshoeller]

My friend's nameless Fritillaria. Does anybody know it (from China?)
Hans

[Ian Y]

Hans, From your picture I think it is F. pingwuensis, which is listed under F.sichuanica in Flora of China, but it differs sufficiently to be accepted as seperate species.
Follow this link to see it on the bulb log.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/100403/log.html

[chris]

here my F.imperialis opens his flowers, first I thought it was F.i.'Aurora' but in 'The Gardeners Gide to Growing Fritillarias' is written that the nectaries are deep red

[annew]

Hans, that is a beautiful fritillaria!

[Mark Griffiths]

Hi, back with some more id requests for frits that may not be quite what I ordered! The first one is I think a Frit amana..I remember ordering many years ago a yellow amana and one of the EK Balls var (EKB1034 I think). I don't have a yellow amana but i did get what seemed to be an ordinary amana (see a previous post) and this one that seems to have the long flowers of EKB.

The next one is supposed to be F. gracea gracea..is it?

At least the final one I'm sure of..(I hope) F.ehartii from Archibald seed. I did have lots of flowers in the past, none last year, one this.

 

[Diane Clement]

A few frits getting going here
Fritillaria meleagroides
Fritillaria kotschyana side view and inside

[Diane Clement]

Comments welcome on this pot of "Fritillaria latakiensis" (please, BD) .  It's either 2 clones, or two different species.  And what is the difference between F latakiensis and elwesii??   

1.  tall dark slender flower with flared petals
1a.  inside of dark flower
2.  stripey flower
2a.  inside of stripey flower