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Fritillaria meleagris |
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Common name |
guinea-hen fritillary; checkered lily |
Family |
liliaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial bulb |
Flowers |
burgundy or cream (mid-spring) |
Size |
12" |
Light |
sun-part shade |
Best known in their intricately burgundy-checkered form, we also grow the plain white 'Alba' variety. The bell-shaped fflowers appear on slender stalks rapidly from out of nowhere, in the second half of April for us. The effect is short-lived, but the bulbs stick around year after year.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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