From dazzling to delicate Fritillaries
Mar 10, 2020
2 minutes
ONE of our most beautiful native species, the common snakeshead fritillary (Fritilliaria Meleagris) produces magical flowers with an ethereal quality. Who would have thought this delicate beauty could be related to the unashamedly flamboyant Fritillaria imperialis from Asia?
Standing tall and is a baroque plant that never fails to impress when it takes centre stage in more formal planting schemes – although it doesn’t smell as good as it looks. It’s one of those strange botanical curiosities that these two very diverse plants are part of the same species.
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