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Fritillaria meleagris
Snake's Head, Fritillary, Checkered Snake Lily
Origin: Southern England and Western Russia.
Mike's
Opinion
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A plant from a great genus, a class bulb for both meadow and garden.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Liliaceae |
| Genus |
| Fritillaria |
| Species |
| meleagris |
| Category |
| Bulbs, Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 8b - 9a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 (observed growing welling H7) |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 to -10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 5 - 14 |
| Height |
| 10 - 50 cm |
| Spread |
| 10 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Small bulbous perennial plant. |
| Landscape |
| Rock gardens, raised beds or woodland gardens. Plant in large groups or swaths for best effect. |
| Cultivation |
| Handle the delicate bulbs carefully, and plant at four times their own depth. They prefer fertile, well-drained soil and damp summers. |
| Shape |
| Upright. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Lance shaped grey-green leaves with weeping bell-shaped checkered purple flowers. |
| Pests |
| Slugs and lily beetles. |
| Leaf Description |
| Alternate, sharply pointed, grey-green linear leaves 6 - 13 cm long. |
| Flower Description |
| The flowers, produced in spring are usually solitary but sometimes paired. Pendant, square-shouldered bell shaped, up to 4.5 cm long and white, purple or pinkish-purple with characteristic checked markings. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green foliage, yellowish-green to medium green stems and variegated flowers. |
| Propagation |
| Seed, division of offsets, or collect and sow 'rice-grain' bulbils. |
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