Guinea-Hen Flower Fritillaria

bulbs

Fritillaria meleagris

Checkered 1�" flowers in a mix of colors, mostly plum or bronze, with some lilac-pink or white. Delicate single bells hang on slender grey-green grasslike stems. Will spread in a well-drained sheltered spot; also suitable in borders, grassy or humusy areas.

Also called Checkered Lily and Snake�s Head Fritillary. Native to Europe where it grows all over in meadows and along streams.

10�14" tall. Mid Spring blooms, Z3-8. 6cm/up bulbs.

ships in fall

6499 Guinea-Hen Flower

A: 10 ea

$8.50

B: 50 ea

$28.00

C: 200 ea

$98.00

Shipping

Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around September 30 through October. Bulbs can be planted successfully up until your ground freezes.

Note to Alaska and far north customers: We cannot guarantee an early shipment, so please plan accordingly and order early.

We cannot accommodate specific ship date requests or guarantee your order will arrive by a certain day.

Additional Information

Mission Bells Fritillaria

Bell-like flowers in a variety of colors and sizes, often with the subtle checkered pattern that gives rise to the name of the genus (fritillus is a dice-box, in Latin).

Novelties and Specialties

The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.