Fritillaria

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F. pudica

I'm very much hoping to get this lovely little plant established 'en masse' somewhere in the garden in the next few years. I'm sure they would do much better away from the confines of their pots!

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Mark McDonough

Agree with you Trond, some

Thu, 03/13/2014 - 5:50pm

Agree with you Trond, some fine frits being shown. Still in the deep throws of a seemingly never-ending winter here, was 14 F (-10 C) snowing furiously with 20-30 mph gusts of winds.Even colder nighttime temperatures are on the way.

Longma (not verified)

Hope things start to warm up

Fri, 03/14/2014 - 7:38am

Hope things start to warm up soon for you both. We are experiencing a very mild end to the winter here. 55F ( approx 13c ) here today. Each morning though we are having thick fog and very heavy dew. The plants appear to really like it.

From China Fritillaria thunbergii. We have these growing around the garden in various aspects and environments. It's a very hardy plant and like all of the Chinese species, needs some moisture all year round. These are by far the most advanced of our plants, growing under a beech and hawthorn hedge, South facing.

Longma (not verified)

From the Zagros Mountains in

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 6:23am

From the Zagros Mountains in Iran, Fritillaria reuteri.

Richard T. Rodich

I, too, enjoy the Fritillaria

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 7:37am

I, too, enjoy the Fritillaria entourage, Ron. You grow them so well, and it is nice to see photos of all the different species from the same grower that will have a better chance of uniform level of care. I think it helps for comparison purposes.

The last one, F. reuteri, almost has the shape of a scilla, with just basal leaves. Are there other Frits that do that?

Longma (not verified)

There are a couple of low

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 5:36am

There are a couple of low down stem leaves too, just not visible as such in this picture. An excellent image of the structure of F. reuteri can be seen here -

http://www.fritillariaicones.com/icones/ic400/Fritillaria_Icones437.pdf

I don't think there are any Fritillaria with just "Scilla like basal leaves", ( I stand to be corrected ). Some do sometimes appear to be structured so, for example the F. liliacea shown in reply #46 by Tony Willis can appear to just have basal leaves early on in its life, and some such as F. glauca and F. biflora ( April / May ) also come very close. All of these do have low down stem leaves eventually though, as the plant matures.

Longma (not verified)

Fritillaria carica from seed

Sat, 03/22/2014 - 5:24am

Fritillaria carica from seed collected near to Fethiye, Turkey. This one is more green colored in the flower than many forms of this very variable species. Some are bright yellow, others show some brown. This one is also a very short form, growing no more than 3" high.

Tony Willis (not verified)

Fritillaria crassifolia grown

Sat, 03/22/2014 - 2:03pm

Fritillaria crassifolia grown from seed.

These plants were grown in pure cat litter using the method shown by Wisley. It has proved very successful for me.

Longma (not verified)

Beautifully grown Tony. I

Mon, 03/24/2014 - 3:58am

Beautifully grown Tony. I think I'll give the 'cat litter method' a try this year.

From around the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, Fritillaria hermonis.

Longma (not verified)

From Tajikistan, Fritillaria

Tue, 03/25/2014 - 3:11am

From Tajikistan, Fritillaria bucharica.

Longma (not verified)

From the mountains of North

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 7:58am

From the mountains of North East Turkey, Fritillaria michailovskyi.

Tony Willis (not verified)

Ron

Tue, 04/01/2014 - 12:48pm

Ron

really lovely pudica

Fritillaria kotschyana

Longma (not verified)

Wonderful group of F.

Wed, 04/02/2014 - 7:06am

Wonderful group of F. kotschyana Tony. What is the growing medium this time?

As you know the Liliorhiza are my favorite group of species, and so I have really enjoyed the F. pudica, some of which were flowering for me for the first time. Most are now finished flowering, a few of the real early ones are going back down. There appears to be a very healthy number of seed pods forming ( both open and controlled pollination ), so many plants will grow on for a while yet I expect.

The first of some seed raised F. affinis are flowering now for the first time.

From Northern Oregon a form with very glaucous leaves.

From Southern Oregon a taller form.

Longma (not verified)

From China Fritillaria

Sat, 04/05/2014 - 3:00am

From China Fritillaria tortifolia.

Longma (not verified)

A very rare occurrence (as

Sat, 04/05/2014 - 1:56pm

A very rare occurrence (as far as we are aware), a seed pod has formed on one of our F. koidzumiana, . The pods of the Japanese species remain pendant unlike those of all the other Fritillaria sp. which become erect when fertilized,and the seeds are ovoid, white and with an elaiosome, so dispersal by ants is probably a factor. Most 'un Fritillaria like' ! Unfortunately the seeds dry out very quickly, and so should be sown immediately when ripe. Growth begins early winter.

Trond Hoy

Ron, hope you get fertile

Sun, 04/06/2014 - 12:25am

Ron, hope you get fertile seeds in that pod! Isn't the pod yellowing a bit early or is it normal?

You show some very fine plants in flower too!

Have some pots of germinating Fritillaria now

Longma (not verified)

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Sun, 04/06/2014 - 2:38am

I don't think its yellowing Trond, we'll see over the next week or so. I don't know what's normal for this species, but if its like the other Japanese Fritillaria the seed should be ripe in about six weeks time. If they are, then we must sow immediately, and we'll know if they are viable in early December.

I'm pleased your seed has germinated OK. Hope they grow strong for you.

Richard T. Rodich

These all continue to be a

Sun, 04/06/2014 - 6:38pm

These all continue to be a treat for me, and especially this last installment! Love it!

Richard T. Rodich

That is interesting. I

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 7:50pm

That is interesting. I assume the pod must be dry to open, but it's hard to tell from the pic. Was the pod white when it was still turgid?

Longma (not verified)

Thanks Trond, me too ! I'll

Tue, 05/13/2014 - 12:42am

Thanks Trond, me too ! I'll hopefully be able to let you know around late November time.

The capsule was not dry at all Rick, and was indeed white and turgid, at the point of seed release. These Japanese species really are different in so many ways from the rest of the Genus.

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