Fritillaria thunbergii

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Price:  £7.50 –+ Add to Basket Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Liliaceae Main Season:  Spring Flower Colour:  Cream Leaf Colour:  Blue/grey/silver Foliage:  Spring ephemeral Position:  Light/Part Shade Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  45cm to 60cm (18" to 2') Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H4 minimum -5C to -10C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      Approx. 15 in stock View our Pot Size guide:

A rarely grown but good species slowly bulking up to make a nice clump of willowy stems with narrow greyish leaves topped with spikes of greenish cream bells in spring. 60cm.

Most often seen in cultivation under the incorrect name of Fritillaria verticillata, a closely related species. Fritillaria thunbergii is distinct with it's leaf tips curling into tendrils to help it scramble up it's neighbours.

From north western China, naturalised and widely cultivated in Japan.