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

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

Dark maroon-purple almost black flowers, on stout fleshy stems with whorls of glossy green lance-shaped leaves. Prefers shade and a cool acid soil that never becomes too dry.

Bulb size: 6/+
Flowering: May/June
Height: to 12in (30cm)

Siberian Fritillary RHS AGM
Butter-yellow nodding bell like flowers with a slight red chequering, over blue green leaves

Bulb size: 10/+
Flowers April/May
Height to 45cm / 18”
A plant of damp meadows and light shade

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

syn F verticillata.
Pale ivory yellow flowers with faint purple chequering below. Whorls of narrow leaves, the upper ones forming tendrils that hold the plant erect

Bulb size: 5/+
Flowering: April
Height to 32in (80cm)
For moist, humus-rich soil and partial shade

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

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.

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

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

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

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.