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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

 

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