Snakeshead or Fritillaries bulbs

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My next door neighbour has these just coming up from soil



Our Price
£3.74

Love them and want to get some, anyone know a cheap place/ I only want 10 or so bulbs maybe 20 at a push as I can share some with MIL

I found this site but out of stock

http://www.gardenxl.com/s/fritillaria-meleagris/5660/Product.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product-feed&utm_campaign=google%2Bproduct%20feed

Thanks

charliee_3

i bought one of those from the garden centre yesterday! its really pretty, it wasnt cheap, but wasnt too expensive and they come back year after year so hopefully worth it!

garden centre lady said they dont like too much clay soil so mix some sand in with if it needs it..

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Thanks charliee they do look nice and old fashioned woodland plant

serena

They are a water meadow plant - there are some very famous fields of them in Oxford somwhere. Rare British native plant I believe.

As bulbs, they will need to be planted in the autumn, although you can buy potted plants from garden centres now.

Grow in thin turf, preferably in a spot which doesn't bake dry. Although I have seen them self seeding around the edge of a very large rock garden! I think that the gravel and rock were keeping the roots cool and damp even though they were in full sun.

Davesnave

They are not that fussy if in semi-shade, and grass is good. My original plants came from seed gathered in a local park.

Just sow in autumn and they come up like weeds. I then p rick them out in little clumps into 9cm pots and grow on. They disappear in summer, but usually return, unless the pot seriously dries out. The white is always harder to keep than the maroon chequer.

Furny

There is some on E-Bay. Theres only three selling, theres a plant option which isn't too cheap but the others are packets of seeds, may be of help if you get really stuck.

Davesnave

You will find year old seeds need stratifying. Dormancy is an issue here.

I would beware of using old seeds in this case myself, as with hellebore & astrantia. Work with Mother Nature and put fresh seed outside in the winter to let the weather do the work for you, otherwise it may be two years before you see anything, if you see anything!