Shade Gardening: Fritillaria meleagris, 1 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I have never been fond of the imperial frit, but there are lots of \'lesser frits\' with lots of character. I confess I was duped by a splashy picture into buying F. uva-vulpis - the picture in the catalog looked way cool, but in reality a little less. I\'m also puzzling over another frit, F raddeana which I just planted last fall. It bloomed dutifully this spring, but the flowers are totally un-Wow, so I\'m not really sure why I got it in the first place. My winter catalog browsing is really out of control... every plant looks like it would be perfect for somewhere. Now that spring is here ... just exactly where was I thinking??