Re: [SG] fritillaria imperialis

My guess is that they may bloom next year, but each year bloom will lessen.
They will still come up if you like the foliage.  This from a few I've had
in the ground for years in a spot that got shadier and shadier as time
passed and now gets limited full sun only before things leaf out; then
pretty deep shade (north side of hedge).  I should have moved mine years
ago, but now, doing so would disturb too many other plants, so I just have
left them where they are - haven't bloomed in years, but I see the foliage
has returned again this year.

If you have any spot with sun, why not wait until the foliage fades, dig
them up and put them in it?  Or, failing a plantable spot with sun, I bet
you could put them in a large pot and sink it in the ground for winter,
hauling it out into whatever sun you have for summer....just a thought.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
> Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 12:57 PM
>
> Hi. Last fall I planted fritillaria imperialis bulbs next to some
euphorbia
> amygladoides var. robbiae (a good combination, if I say so myself). I
> figured the bulbs would come up at least once. The bed is now getting
almost
> full sun from about 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on, but the light will be cut
> drastically in two or so weeks when the dastardly red maples fully leaf
out.
> Some of the bulbs are at peak, and others are a few days away. My
question
> is: With diminished light (probably less than three hours of sun a day),
> will the fritillaria bloom next year? Or should I just dispose of them
now,
> and put their space to other use? I am very tired of watching bulb
foliage
> die, and trying not to injure bulbs when I plant during the summer, only
to
> see a few anemic stems reappear the next spring.
> Thanks,
> Nancy S. (in NYC, zone 6)
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