Checkered Lily Fritillaria

Checkered Lily Fritillaria Care

Fritillaria Affinis

What is the plant

Fritillaria affinis, the chocolate lily, is a highly variable species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae. It grows from a bulb, which resembles a small mass of rice grains. The stems are 10–120 cm tall. The flowers are produced in the spring, nodding, 1–4 cm, yellowish or greenish brown with a lot of yellow mottling to purplish black with little mottling, or yellow-green mottled with purple. The leaves are in whorls.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

3 - 8

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
This flower loves moisture year-round and will happily drink up the water rain leaves in poorly draining areas.
Pruning
No pruning is required for any of the Fritillaria varieties.
Fertilizer
Second year and older plants should be fertilized monthly with half strength fertilizer.

Disease diagnosis

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Soil
Plant in prepared soil at five inches deep
Container
Instead, you'll be enchanted by the otherworldly fairytale feel this one-of-a-kind patterned flower can bring to your flowerbeds or containers.
Additional
The bulb is poisonous[100]. Damp meadows and pastures[17], especially on alkaline soils[90]. Native to Europe, where its bulbs usually enjoy very moist locations, Fritillaria meleagris (Checkered Lily) grows up to 14-16 in. tall (35-40 cm) in a beautiful display of checkered, pendant, bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems. Flower color varies from reddish-brown to purple or white.