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Sinkiang Fritillaria

Fritillaria walujewii

Sinkiang Fritillaria is a bulb-forming perennial from Central Asia and western China, grown outdoors for its hanging, bell-shaped purple flowers. It needs cold winters and a well-drained site to thrive.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in spring while growing, then keep nearly dry after flowering as the bulb goes dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C in winter; needs a cold dormant period.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Asia to Xinjiang
Climate
temperate

About

Fritillaria walujewii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang Province in western China.

It is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial up to 50 cm tall. The flowers are hanging, bell-shaped, usually dark purple with white or darker purple markings but sometimes pale green.

Other Fritillaria plants

Fritillaria acmopetala · Checker lily · Stinkbells · Fritillaria alburyana · Fritillaria anhuiensis · Fritillaria assyriaca · Spotted fritillary · Chocolate lily · Chocolate lily · Greenhorn fritillary · Kamchatka fritillary · Fritillaria chitralensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fritillaria walujewii 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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