| Nigel also asks if these pests attack the roots of bulbs such as chionodoxa, muscari and fritillaria. |
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| By April, they were excited to see the Sterling Place lot ablaze with wild Turkish tulips and sweet bell-like flowers called fritillaria. |
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| This bulb is the only trans-Pacific fritillaria, growing from Siberia to Washington State. |
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| One day, while visiting Sydney Eddison's garden, I admired this unusual fritillaria and was given a sampling. |
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| Mr. Krippendorf was the grandfather of Mary Ley, a close friend of Sydney Eddison, who also had the fritillaria in her own garden. |
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| The swaying daffodils have given way to swathes of aubretia and elegant fritillaria. |
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| To add to your tulips and erythroniums, you may consider Fritillaria meliagris, which is a pink-and-white British native. |
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| Fritillaria imperialis is also something deer don't like and its strong skunky scent is repellent to many other creatures as well, including some humans. |
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| A real show-stopper of a bulb is Fritillaria imperialis Aurora which adds a touch of the tropics with its orange blooms. |
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| Fritillaria meleagris is a bulbous perennial which produces a single, relatively large, nodding bell-flower on an erect stem some 20cm tall. |
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| Fritillaria pyrenaica, from the Pyrenees, has dark purple bells, with a glimpse of its yellow insides as its petals curve back at the mouth. |
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| The snakeshead fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, is a native of British lowland water meadows and will gradually naturalise in damp, grassy areas or beside ponds. |
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