FRITILLARIA 2011

[Gerry Webster]

Frillaria pontica today.

johnw

This seems very early. Have you been cooking them John?

[johnw]

This seems very early. Have you been cooking them John?

Gerry - Not quite oven temperatures in the greenhouse - circa 15c but this one comes up early.

johnw

[udo]

nice pictures from all,
here my first:
Fritillaria stenanthera ( with Corydalis maracandica )

[Gerry Webster]

Fritillaria tubiformis

From Frit Group seed. The real colour is rather more reddish.

[Darren]

I've always admired tubiformis Gerry but I've never been able to get it to flowering size. I believe it needs moisture in summer? One for the frame possibly.

[David Nicholson]

I only grow one Frit, meleagris, which flowers every year in my garden with the minimum of attention but never seems to bulk up (maybe as a result of lack of attention!)

[Darren]

You know David, I see meleagris and I always think that it can be underrated just because it is so widespread and lacks 'rarity value' but just look at it and you realise that it is possibly the most beautiful frit of all.

[colin e]

I think all Frits. Have their charms common or rare like these four.
F. davisii 1, F. davisii 2, F. davisii 3 and F. drenovskii

[David Nicholson]

You know David, I see meleagris and I always think that it can be underrated just because it is so widespread and lacks 'rarity value' but just look at it and you realise that it is possibly the most beautiful frit of all.

Darren, I agree but it doesn't stop me from lusting over some of the ones I see on these pages

[ashley]

Beautiful plants all.

Every year I fall in love with this one again, common and easy as it is:
F. meleagris

[Gerry Webster]

I've always admired tubiformis Gerry but I've never been able to get it to flowering size. I believe it needs moisture in summer? One for the frame possibly.

I keep this in an open sand plunge so it gets whatever the weather delivers. I might add that this plant is the only survivor from the original sowing.

I agree that F. meleagris is one of the most attractive. It's good that it is widely available & easy to grow.

[Tony Willis]

I only grow one Frit, meleagris, which flowers every year in my garden with the minimum of attention but never seems to bulk up (maybe as a result of lack of attention!)

David perhaps it is your climate and soil. I bought a couple of packets from the Supermarket about five years ago and now in my wet heavy soil it is a weed.

[tonyg]

I only grow one Frit, meleagris, which flowers every year in my garden with the minimum of attention but never seems to bulk up (maybe as a result of lack of attention!)

I do not remember it bulking up when I grew it successfully a few years ago but it did increase through self sown seedlings.  With all the wet down your way it should be easy from seed.  I lost (track of) mine when we started a family

[David Nicholson]

I only grow one Frit, meleagris, which flowers every year in my garden with the minimum of attention but never seems to bulk up (maybe as a result of lack of attention!)

I do not remember it bulking up when I grew it successfully a few years ago but it did increase through self sown seedlings.  With all the wet down your way it should be easy from seed.  I lost (track of) mine when we started a family

 

[Janis Ruksans]

My first this year are
F. pinardii
F. serpenticola
Fritillaria chlororhabdota
and species nova from Pulkhakim
Janis