Fritillaria 2009

[Alex]

Thank you, I wish it would make me really happy by offsetting. I posted pics of the flowers when they first opened more than 3 weeks ago on a thread entitled "last ones for now", you can find it on page 2 of bulbs general or try this link:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3071.0

Do you know a source for viable seed (or bulbs)?

Alex

[Michael J Campbell]

Three Frits today.

Fritillaria argolica
Fritillaria Bucharica
Fritillaria pinardi

[Lesley Cox]

I've had two batches of seed from the Fritillaria Group's seedlist but of course it's too early to tell whether they're true yet. But the donor names suggested absolute reliability. Both batches germinated well and the first has been up a second time.

[fermi de Sousa]

Do you know a source for viable seed (or bulbs)?
Alex

Jane McGary, the editor of the NARGS Bulletin, sometimes has this frit seed available. She often donates it to the NARGS seedex. You can contact her through the NARGS site:http://www.nargs.org/pub/publications.html
cheers
fermi

[Pete Clarke]

My first Frit. to flower - aurea.

[derekb]

Fritillaria minuta,

[Mark Griffiths]

The first few ones out (apart from the pluriflora)

Frit davisii from Archibald seed. This took an inordinate amount of time, I've grown flowered and killed the American Frits in much shorter time. For some weird reason all the bulbs i bought over the years also failed. Why? It's supposed to be easy! But it is cute though.

A nice F. aurea.

Frit kotschyana..not so sure about this one, it seems a bit "overblown"?

 

[Oron Peri]

Pete and Mark,
F. aurea is so beautiful. Thanks for showing it,
By the way I wonder if Klimt was inspired by it

[Sinchets]

My first Frit in the bulb frame Fritillaria uva-vulpis - bought as F.assyriaca

[chasw]

Here are a couple of mine today

Frit Raddeana
Frit Ariana

[Jim McKenney]

Here's the first frit of the year for me: Fritillaria raddeana. This is the fourth year this one has bloomed here, and it has always been very early for me.  My plant sometimes emerges from the ground flower buds first - and the first flowers sometimes open just above ground level. This year it is behaving more normally and did not actually bloom until it was about six or eight inches high. Later it will get a bit taller, but it has never been more than about ten inches high. The bulb is about four cm in diameter. This has been in bloom for several days now.
I've mentioned these details because last fall I received some bulbs of what were said to be Fritillaria raddeana. The bulbs were big and heavy, about 10 cm in diameter. They somewhat resembled those of Fritillaria imperialis, but side by side the two were very distinct. They had none of the vulpine odor of Fritillaria imperialis.  I'm waiting to see what these new ones turn out to be.

[ashley]

So common but also so lovely I think: F. meleagris

[Maggi Young]

So common but also so lovely I think: F. meleagris

 I could not agree more, Ashley.... F. meleagris is a stunning plant, full of enchanting variations and with such an elegant form.

[Sinchets]

After my second visit I know that large numbers of the flowering size plants were dug up but fortunately it makes masses of rice grains so the site was not destroyed.

Were they dug up by humans or animals? If by humans, then maybe we should all watch out for 'cheap' Fritillaria alburyana on the market this year!

[Tony Willis]

After my second visit I know that large numbers of the flowering size plants were dug up but fortunately it makes masses of rice grains so the site was not destroyed.

Were they dug up by humans or animals? If by humans, then maybe we should all watch out for 'cheap' Fritillaria alburyana on the market this year!

The word collected springs to mind but it was several years ago and they have now regenerated