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 December
2001
 Iris
unguicularis
November
2001
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herbacea
October
2001
Pellaea
atropurpurea
September
2001
Zauschneria
garrettii
August
2001
Platycodon
grandiflorum
'Sentimental
Blue'
July
2001
Callirhoe
involucrata
June
2001
Helianthemum
nummularium
hybrids
May
2001
Viola
pedata 'Bicolor'
April
2001
Anemonella
thalictroides
 March
2001
Fritillaria
pudica
February
2001
Castilleja
rupicola
January
2001
Lupinus
lepidus var. lobbii
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Plant
of the Month
March
2001
Fritillaria
pudica
by Iza Goroff
Fritillaria
pudica is a member of the Liliaceae family.
Fritillaria may be considered intermediate between Lilium
and Tulipa, though none of the genus has achieved the
popularity of the cultivated Lilium or Tulipa. Fritillaria
pudica is found over a vast area of western North America,
from the east Cascade Mountains east to North Dakota, from
southern British Columbia south to northern California,
Nevada, and Utah.
Fritillaria
pudica is a small plant, rarely over 8" (20 cm) tall.
The pictured plants are 5" to 6" tall.The flowers are small,
about .75" (2 cm) long, but they show up well in the rock
garden with their saturated, pure yellow color. The plants
are ephemeral, the above ground parts disappearing a few
weeks after flowering.
Fritillaria
pudica comes from a rain shadowed (i.e. dry summer)
area of North America. While culture of
Fritillaria pudica has been
considered difficult, some gardeners using bulb frames to
prevent summer rains to reach the plants, it grows well in
sunny sand beds without cover. The tiny bulbs are planted
about 4" (10cm) deep. The pictured plants are mulched with
rotten granite. Bulbs planted in a sand bed should be hardy
throughout the United States and lower Canada.
Fritillaria
pudica is easily propagated by seed, although the
time from sowing to flowering is about four years.
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