Fritillaria Sources??
Jane McGary (Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:22:54 PDT)

Harold Koopowitz asked

Does any one know of sources of North American fritillarias
especially the Californian species?

I believe Telos Rare Bulbs (Diana Chapman) offers some bulbs. With
the cessation of Ron Ratko's Northwest Native Seeds, the best source
for seeds has vanished. However, the Alpine Garden Society (UK) has a
Fritillaria Group that offers a large seed list each summer
(unfortunately, their deadline for donations occurs before my seeds
are ripe, most years, so I've been sending them all to the NARGS seed
exchange -- with apologies to Dell!). I recently mentioned Mark
Akimoff's Illahe Nursery, which is now offering bulbs grown from the
stock from which I used to sell surplus bulbs. Both Telos and Illahe
have websites, as does the AGS Fritillaria Group:
http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA