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Tel: 01449 741551
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Fritillaria meleagris

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
RHS AGM  Snakeshead Fritillary
British native with variable chequered maroon-purple or white flowers. Good for naturalising in grass or large borders providing the soil remains damp in summer.

Bulb size: 7/+ cm
Flowering: April or May
Height: 15cm+
Position: Moist soil preferably in the open, but will tolerate dappled shade


Fritillaria meleagris ‘Alba’

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
White Snakeshead Fritillary (syn ‘Aphrodite’)
White form of this British native. Good for naturalising in grass or large borders providing the soil remains damp in summer.

Bulb size: 6/+ cm
Flowering: April or May
Height: to 30cm
Position: Moist soil preferably in the open, but will tolerate dappled shade

Fritillaria acmopetala

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
RHA AGM
One to three bell flowers with reflexed tips with alternating pale green and red-brown petals on narrow stems over narrow grey green leaves

Bulb size: 7/+
Flowering:
April-May
Height:
to 12in (30cm
Position: in sun or part shade in containers, open-ground or grass. Plant 8in 20cm deep

Fritillaria raddeana

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
A delicate form of Fritillaria imperialis with tall stems topped with crowded clusters of up to 15 nodding bright straw yellow flowers

Bulb size: 16/+cm
Flowering: March/April
Height: 40cm+
Position: Preferably sheltered from strong winds in a sunny site with well-drained soil

Fritillaria uva-vulpis

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
Fox's Grape syn F assyriaca
Maroon flowers with bronze-gold interiors, tiny black veins over glaucous foliage

Bulb size: 7/+ cm
Flowering: April or May
Height: 40cm / 14in
Position: in sun or part shade in containers, open-ground or grass. Plant 8in 20cm deep

Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurora'

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
A very good form of crown imperial with stately stems of large orange-red flowers to 90cm in late spring

Bulb size: 20/24 cm
Flowering: March-April
Height: to 90cm
Position: Needing a well drained, deep rich soil in sun or part shade.

imperialis Maxima Lutea

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
RHS AGM
Vigorous stately looking plants with stout upright stems supporting a crown of large bell shaped yellow flowers with the characteristic tuft of leaves on the top.
(A larger tetraploid version of F, imp. Lutea)

Bulb size: 24/+ cm
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 42in 105cm+
Position: Needing a well-drained, deep rich soil in sun or part shade


Fritillaria imperialis ‘Rubra Maxima'

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
Vigorous stately looking plants with stout upright stems supporting umbels of large bell shaped red-orange flowers and yellow stamens with the characteristic tuft of leaves on the top.

Bulb size: 24/+ cm
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 90cm+
Position: Needing a well drained, deep rich soil in sun or part shade

Fritillaria imperialis ‘William Rex’

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
Vigorous stately looking plants with stout upright stems supporting crowns of large bell shaped dark bronze red flowers with the characteristic tuft of leaves on the top.

Bulb size: 24/+ cm
Flowering: April-May
Height: to 90cm
Position: Needing a well drained, deep rich soil in sun or part shade

Fritillaria persica ‘Adiyaman'

Autumn Flowering Bulbs
RHS AGM
Selected form with large deep purplish-plum conical bell-shaped flowers on sturdy upright stems, covered with up to 20 blooms in a loose spike/raceme. With alternate, narrow lance-shaped, grey-green leaves.

Bulb size: 20/24cm
Flowering: April
Height: to 150cm+
Position: Hardy, but needs a rich peaty compost, in light dappled shade. Prefers shelter from strong winds.