Aren't they beautiful? We have lovely, and thriving, clumps of them, grown from bulbs a few years ago. I didn't plant them straight out though. I'd read that they are difficult to get started, so put 4 or 5 bulbs each into small pots and grew them on as you would autumn indoor bulbs, that is, plant, water, hide in the dark for a few months and then bring them out to a cool place. Once they had flowered they were planted out 'in the green'.
Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John
We bought some from B & Q early are they are doing well. Apparently Monty Don has been featuring them.
ReplyDeleteDave: Would never hav thought of looking there.
DeleteImpressive. Are tey the same as those things that grow by rivers? Snake something or other.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: Snakes head fritillary, yes.
DeleteLovely, You have a typo on your heading as it say Fratillaria rather than Fritillaria. just watch out for the Lily Beetles- they love them!
ReplyDeleteConehead54: Thanks for that, now corrected hopefully. I lost a lot of Lilies through those little beasts.
DeleteAren't they beautiful? We have lovely, and thriving, clumps of them, grown from bulbs a few years ago. I didn't plant them straight out though. I'd read that they are difficult to get started, so put 4 or 5 bulbs each into small pots and grew them on as you would autumn indoor bulbs, that is, plant, water, hide in the dark for a few months and then bring them out to a cool place. Once they had flowered they were planted out 'in the green'.
ReplyDeleteThe Veg Artist: Thanks for that information. I'll give it a try.
DeleteBeautiful - one of my favourite flowers. Sadly, lily beetles found the few plants I had :(
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