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Fox Grape Fritillary in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Fritillaria uva-vulpis

 

Fox Grape 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. Fritillaria uva-vulpis has grassy leaves and dark red-brown bell-shaped flowers tipped with yellow in mid to late Spring. Each stem may bear 1 to 3 small downward facing flowers. .

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plant Features
  • Fox Grape Fritillary likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Fox Grape Fritillary likes very little water

    Very little water

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Fox Grape Fritillary likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Fox Grape Fritillary

Latin name

Fritillaria uva-vulpis

type

Bulb

family

Liliaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Fox Grape Fritillary likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Fox Grape Fritillary likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Fox Grape 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 Fox Grape Fritillary is 0.10meters x 0.30meters 0.10 M 0.30 M

Fritillaria uva-vulpis

Fritillaries are flowering bulbs, some with grass-like leaves, some with lance-shaped leaves, and nodding bell-shaped flowers, either solitary or in clusters. Fritillaria uva-vulpis has grassy leaves and dark red-brown bell-shaped flowers tipped with yellow in mid to late Spring. Each stem may bear 1 to 3 small downward facing flowers. .


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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