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Fritillaria meleagris

 
Common name guinea-hen fritillary
Family liliaceae
Life cycle perennial bulb
Flowers burgundy or cream (mid-spring)
Size 12"
Light sun-part shade

Intricately checkered bell-shaped flowers 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.

Fritillaria meleagris

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: the lane

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