This Stephania Pierre Growing Information guide will teach you everything about pot size, compost, watering, planting care, and more!
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This is a popular variety of Fritllaria grown in wet meadows. It is often found in Oxfordshire.
These Fritillarias also go by the common name ‘Snake skin’. Over the years, it has picked up several common names included chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily and snake’s head fritillary.
The most important thing about growing Fritillaria is they like to be in moist soil. They often grow well in meadows which get flooded.
As my garden tends to become quite dry I have a difficult time growing fritillaries. But, I tend to enjoy wild fritillaries in the wet meadows common around Oxford. It is one of those plants where you really can’t force it on conditions it doesn’t like. If you really want to grow it, you would need to create a bog garden with an area of guaranteed dampness.
Fritillaries growing in Trinity College wildflower garden, Oxford.
Popular folk names For Fritillaries include – Snake’s Head and Sulky Ladies Fritillaria raddeana is a tall green flowering plant that can send up its head 4 feet high. Imperial Fratillaries and Fratillary persica like a dose of sunshine after flowering to boost the bulbs.
Fritillaries grow well in meadows farmed in the traditional Lammas land regime. These are meadows allowed to grow until July. Then the land is grazed until mid February and then allowed to grow. This coincides with the Fritillary growing season. It is no surprise that the Fritillary society Ashmolean Natural History Society is based in Oxford where many of the meadows have been protected by the university.
For other Fritillaria read
Fritillary pallidiflora grown in an alpine house
This Stephania Pierre Growing Information guide will teach you everything about pot size, compost, watering, planting care, and more!
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