Potatoes and onion sets begin shipping in late
March.
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 7-10 business days to process.
Fritillaria meleagrisCheckered 1½" flowers in a mix of colors, mostly plum or bronze, with some lilac-pink or white. Delicate single bells hang on slender grey-green grasslike stems. Will spread in a well-drained sheltered spot; also suitable in borders, grassy or humusy areas.
Also called Checkered Lily or Snake’s Head Fritillary. Native to Europe where it grows all over in meadows and along streams.
10–14" tall. Mid Spring blooms, Z3-8. 6cm/up bulbs.
Items from our perennial plants warehouse will ship around September 30 through October.
ships in fall
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Guinea-Hen Flower
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Fritillaria - Mission Bells
Bell-like flowers in a variety of colors and sizes, often with the subtle checkered pattern that gives rise to the name of the genus (fritillus is a dice-box, in Latin).
Novelties and Specialties
The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.