Bulbs: fritillarias start blooming, 1 by Ally_UT

Ally_UT wrote:
Beautiful pictures! I love the orange color of your F. imperials Wallaby. I may finally have to give in a try a few of those. JamesCo and Goldenfish your F. thunbergii and F. verticillata are wonderful. I love the light airy feel of the foliage. I'm not familiar with either of these varieties. I have three varieties of Fritillaria seed in pots now and am hoping to get a few to germinate. I'm trying F. montana, F. pinardii and F. ruthenica. Of these the only one I really know anything about is the F. montana. Can anyone tell me about how long it will take to achieve bloom from seed on these varieties?

I can hardly wait to see my F. meleagris bloom, but that won't be for a couple more weeks. I ordered a little point and click camera and it finally showed up. Here are a couple of the F. pudica blooming now. They are rather diminuitive in stature but that's probably a good thing as this heavy wet snow we received last night would have flattened them if they were any taller.