fritillarias start blooming

I saw this lovely fritillary in a public garden. Not sure of the name but I wouldn't mind a few of these in my garden.

Beautiful markings inside too.

I was giving up hope, but here comes pallidiflora. The Persica have still not bloomed, but all have buds. Lutea Maxima is very nice, but where o' where are the red ones? Patti

I planted several groups of pallidiflora and they are lovely in bloom. A wonderful creamy pale yellow. This plant was in a group that was planted on the east side in full sun and did fine, but the ones on the west side of the house tucked up near a ink berry bush, look better.

It's a subtle beauty, Patty, I love it. Good to know it doesn't need full sun!

Bonitin, the proof will be if the Fritillaria pallidiflora come back in the shady spot, but this was what I copied into my notes about it,

I am puzzled by what my Fritillaria persica has done. I don't think they are going to bloom this year for me. The buds are still tiny, not developing, although the foliage looks good. This is true on all the plants (5) in one full sun bed and the same for a couple in a partly shaded bed. I am going to give them the rose fertalizer that Wallaby1 suggested. Patti

The F. persica seems to be one of the picky ones in the family.
Is that one in full sun, Patti ? It looks as if its leaning. The foliage does look good indeed. Perhaps it has been a bit too dry ?
I have given up about that one. I'll definitely will try the pallidiflora again next year.

Bonitin, They were planted in a full southern exposure. We have had a lot of rain, but also some very drying winds, so perhaps the roots were happy, but the buds, not. I have another group planted in part sun and they look pretty much the same, except for the two that the dogs stepped on which look decidedly less well. Here is a picture where you can see a couple of the front ones clearly between the tulips and in front of the Viburnum carlesii taken on May 8th. Patti

Well, I was planning on putting in as many frit melegaris as I could afford this year but it seems as though the dreaded red lily beetle loves them more than I do, the nasty poop covered larva has been feeding on the foliage. I took a big batter bowl filled with hot soapy water and dropped the nasty dirty buggers in there. I do not want to encourage that beetle but will keep a very keen eye out for their larva.

I understand your frustration Abbyday! I also had these dreaded beetles on mine, but the damage was not too bad this year in my case. Whenever I see one I immediately remove them and check the leaves for eventual larvae.
Hope you have better luck next year! Don't give up on them though!
I remember one year I only had one left blooming, all the others where completely ruined; that was in my beginning years of gardening when I wasn't aware of any existence of lily beetles. I did saw these handsome red beetles and even liked them until I discovered the truth about them!

Hey, Bonitin,
I was just scrolling thru this thread again & looked more closely at your picture of your non-blooming, frit. persica. They look a little crowded to me--- possibly planted too close together, and too close to the tree trunk. They might bloom if they are more deeply planted and with more space to develop.
And, by the way, your English sounds perfect!
Pat Hobson

I'm sure you're right, Pat about it having not enough space to develop and having to deal with too much concurrence of roots, but it also doesn't get enough sun. I might try to plant it in a container and bring it to my little terrace upstairs where it can get more sun, but then I already have so many pots up there that visiting friends sometimes complain, that there is hardly any space left for humans to sit.

Thank you for your reassurance about my 'English'!