[BULBS-L] Fritillaria
J.E. Shields (Sun, 20 Apr 2003 07:28:10 PDT)

Hi all,

I planted two bulbs of Fritillaria imperialis that someone gave me last
fall. At least one of them is coming up. I've never tried them before, as
I was (and still am) convinced that they are not going to survive here.

Right now we have Fritillaria pallidiflora and F. pluriflora in bloom. We
have F. acmopetala and F. purdyi in bud. We have F. camschatcensis that
returns and blooms in one spot. Another accession of F. camschatcensis and
one of F. thunbergii come up in the woodland garden, but never
bloom. These plants have all been in the ground for at least 3 winters
now. Almost all the other frits we have tried have died out quickly, and
that is a lot of frits!

I have two flats of F. pudica seedlings from seed from Ron Ratko (Northwest
Native Seed) that are coming up. These flats sit outdoors under a bench in
the lath house all year long. I guess I should try transplanting them into
beds somewhere after they die back down in summer.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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