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Fritillaria eduardii

Fritillaria eduardii
Photo: VASHGIRD, CC BY-SA 4.0

Fritillaria eduardii is a Central Asian bulbous geophyte in the lily family, closely related to the crown imperial. It is grown for its spring bell-shaped flowers and needs a dry summer dormancy and well-drained soil.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the spring growing season and keep dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil with good organic matter.
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to about -20 °C when dormant.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria eduardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Central Asia. It is closely related to the widely cultivated species, F. imperialis, called "crown imperial."

Other Fritillaria plants

Fritillaria acmopetala · Checker lily · Kamchatka fritillary · Fritillaria chitralensis · Imperial fritillary · Chequered lily · Sinkiang Fritillaria · Persian Fritillary · Fritillaria pontica · Yellow fritillary · Pyrenean Snake's Head · Fritillary

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fritillaria eduardii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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