Showing posts with label Fritillaria involucrata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fritillaria involucrata. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fritillaria thunbergii

I've read that this plant is cultivated as a field crop in China for use in traditional medications.

Although the flowers are small for the genus and the color not at all exciting, the plant has a nice poise and grows vigorously and reliably in our gardens -and that's something which cannot be said for too many Fritillaria.

The plants in the image above arrived here in 2003 under the name Fritillaria involucrata.