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Pontica Fritillary in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Fritillaria pontica

 

Pontica Fritillary

Fritillaries are flowering bulbs, some with grass-like leaves, some with lance-shaped leaves, and nodding bell-shaped flowers, either solitary or in clusters.

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plant Features
  • Pontica Fritillary likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Pontica Fritillary likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Pontica Fritillary is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Pontica Fritillary likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Pontica Fritillary

Latin name

Fritillaria pontica

type

Bulb

family

Liliaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Pontica Fritillary likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Pontica Fritillary is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Pontica Fritillary likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Pontica Fritillary likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Pontica Fritillary is 0.10meters x 0.30meters 0.10 M 0.30 M

Fritillaria pontica

Fritillaries are flowering bulbs, some with grass-like leaves, some with lance-shaped leaves, and nodding bell-shaped flowers, either solitary or in clusters.


Flowering Season

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Delicate bell shaped single flowers purple chequered in pink appear in spring. The flowers are about an inch and a half long.

 

Planting Season

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Plant the delicate bulbs on there sides carefully to four times there depth.

 

Propagation by seed in autumn

From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn

Sow seed under glass in Autumn in damp compost for planting out in Spring. Be warned - the seedlings look like grass when the leaves first appear!

 
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