Fritillary Gallery
By Andrea Jones
I love fritillaries they are so elegant and graceful.
He was an extremely knowledgeable plantsman, plant hunter, and an all round lovely, kind man with a wicked sense of humour who my husband Alasdair and I had the good fortune to know for a very short while.
Fritillaria yuminensis China
Jenny Archibald is now selling the nursery and their beautiful gardens in Wales for details please click here.
I thought the plant portraits were also appropriate as seeds from the varieties were collected across the continents from Iran and Afghanistan to California, USA. So I guess the following gallery is my little token peace wish to all!
Fritillaria carica (Goktepe) 14520 SW Turkey
Frtillaria sewerzowii (Beldersai) -Central Asia
Fritillaria reuteri (GB) Iran
Fritillaria sewerzowii (Burguluk) 17604
Fritillaria pudica California
Fritillaria thunbergii Far East
Fritillaria gibbosa Iran
Fritillaria meleagris (Snakeshead fritillary)- Native Northern Europe