Fritillary

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Purple Fritillary

Purple Fritillary

Fragrant Fritillary

Scarlet Fritillary

Scarlet Fritillary

Scarlet Fritillary

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Fritillaria Aurea

Fritillaria Aurea - One of the prettiest of the genus, quite hardy, about 5 inches high. Has a stem of 4 to 6 inches thick, fleshy, deep green leaves, with a nodding flower, which is pale yellow spotted, or chequered with brown. Silesia. Should be lifted and rested each year for a short period.

Fritillaria Burneti

Fritillaria Burneti - A handsome hardy plant about 9 inches high, with solitary drooping blossoms, 2 inches long, which are of a plum color chequered with yellowish-green. Alps. Flowers with the Snowdrop, and is as easy to grow.

Crown Imperial

Crown Imperial (Fritillaria Imperialis) - A showy and stately plant, from 3 to 4 feet high, with stout bright green shoots, crested by large dense whorls of drooping bell-like flowers and a crown of foliage. There are several varieties, differing chiefly in the color of the flowers. The principal are—lutea (yellow), rubra (red), double red and double yellow, rubra maxima (very large red flowers), Aurora (bronzy orange), sulphurine (large sulphur-yellow), Orange Crown (orange-red). This plant thrives best in a rich, deep loam, especially if the bulbs remain undisturbed for years. Its best place, perhaps, is in a group on the fringe of the shrubbery or a group of American plants. These are essentially garden plants, their strong odour being against them when gathered.

Fritillaria Karelini

Fritillaria Karelini - An interesting kind, 4 to 5 inches high, with two or three broad leaves clasping its stem, and having a terminal raceme of slightly drooping, bell-like flowers. These flowers, about 1 inch across, are of a pale purple, with darker veins, a few darker spots, and a distinct yellowish-green pit at the base of each reflexed segment. Native of C. Asia, and, flowering in late autumn or early winter, is valuable for a collection of winter-flowering outdoor plants. According to Dr Regel, it must be kept in dry sand until November, and should not grow or show bloom before spring. If planted in November, growth is retarded, and it does not bloom in spring, which it ought to do; while those flowering in autumn invariably dwindle away, and do not produce any new bulbs. It should be planted in light soil in well-drained borders with a warm exposure.

Fritillaria Latifolia

Fritillaria Latifolia - Variable as regards the color of the flowers, which are larger than those of our native F. Meleagris, and are borne on stems about 1 foot high, are pendulous, and vary in color through various shades of purple, black, lilac, and yellow. The principal named varieties are—Black Knight, Captain Marryat, Caroline Chisholm, Cooper, Dandy, Jerome, Maria Goldsmith, Marianne, Mellina, Pharaoh, Rembrandt, Shakespeare, Van Speyk, each representing a different shade of color. They grow freely in an open situation in any soil, and are excellent for naturalising. Caucasus.

Golden Snake's-head

Golden Snakes-head (Fritillaria Moggridgei) - A beautiful plant with pendulous blossoms, 2 inches long, which are of fine golden-yellow, chequered with brownish-crimson on the inner surface of the bell. It may be seen on its native Alps, at an elevation of 5000 to 7000 feet, among the short stunted grass, accompanied by alpine plants, and giving the slopes the appearance of a sheet of golden bloom. It is hardy, and flowers early in spring.

Fritillaria Pudica

Fritillaria Pudica - One of the most charming of hardy bulbs. Native of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada of California, in a dry, barren soil. It is one of the principal ornaments of the spring flora, being nearly 6 inches high, and having bright golden-yellow flowers, graceful in form and drooping like a Snowflake. It thrives in warm, sunny borders of loamy soil, or preferably in almost pure sand.

Fritillaria Recurva

Fritillaria Recurva - The showiest of the Fritillaries, its red color being as bright as some Lilies, and mixed with bright yellow, especially on the inside of the flower. It flowers early in May or towards the end of April. The bulbs consist of a slightly flattened tuberous stock, covered by articulated scales, somewhat widely placed, which at first sight resemble those of Lilium philadelphicum. A tuft of bright green linear leaves appears above the soil, and from this rises a slender purplish stem, 6 inches to 2 1/2 feet high, with several pendent Lily-like flowers. It is not robust, and has succeeded only under careful cultivation, growing best in fibry loam, on a warm sunny border, near a wall. Best when lifted and rested for a few weeks each year. California.

Fritillaria Sewerzowi

Fritillaria Sewerzowi - A singular-looking plant, growing from 1 to 1 1/2 feet high having broad glaucous leaves and nodding flowers that are greenish outside and vinous-purple within. A native of the mountains of Turcomania, quite hardy in our climate. Propagated by bulblets or seed.

Other kinds

Many others are in cultivation, but the majority are unattractive, though some are useful for naturalising. The most suitable are—F. delphinensis, a robust plant with stems 1 foot or more high, bearing brownish-purple flowers, more or less chequered with greenish-yellow; F. pyrenaica, a similar species, but more robust.