fritillaria

I have a number of those fritillaria blooming right now, too!

Before They Are Gone « Fairegarden 2010

What I love about the fritillaria is that I can just picture a little fairy pausing underneath their downturned petals for a spot of shade or escape from the rain.

Before They Are Gone « Fairegarden 2010

Ms. Benson inspected the underside of a fritillaria with her "garden peeping stick."

Open Gardens in New York 2010

Ms. Benson inspected the underside of a fritillaria with her "garden peeping stick."

Open Gardens in New York 2010

And just exactly what do you do to make fritillaria bloom and thrive?

Miscellaneous Spring Bulbs 2010-The Best Of The Rest « Fairegarden 2010

Tulips, alliums, fritillaria and eremurus go to ground after they have flowered with good reason – because they come from areas of the world that have short wet periods followed by months of drought and searing heat.

Light up your garden with bulbs 2010

The fritillaria and last tulip photos are just lovely… Now I am going to make coffee!

The Color Maroon? « Fairegarden 2009

Of the lily family, fritillaria, smilacina, chlorogalum and several fine species of brodiaea, Ithuriel's spear, and others less prized are common, and the favorite calochortus, or Mariposa lily, a unique genus of many species, something like the tulips of Europe but far finer.

The Yosemite John Muir 1876

They were growing in a small, nestlike opening between the rock and the bushes, and both the erythronium and the fritillaria were in full flower.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876

The fritillaria has five or six linear, obtuse leaves, put on irregularly near the bottom of the stem, which is usually terminated by one large bell-shaped flower; but its more beautiful companion, the erythronium, has two radical leaves only, which are large and oval, and shine like glass.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876