3 Fritillaria Rubra Maxima(red)bulbs(crown Imperial Lily)spring Garden Perennial

  
CROWN IMPERIAL RUBRA MAXIMA IS ONE OF THE REDDEST-FLOWERED OF THIS LARGE AND MOST DISTINCTIVE, SPRING FLOWERED BULB; RUBRA IS ALSO AMONG THE MOST VIGOROUS. IT IS A BULBOUS, SPRING FLOWERING PERENNIAL. THE NARROW, TWISTING, GLOSSY LEAVES EMERGE IN WHORLS IN SPRING AND ARE SOON FOLLOWED BY A THICK, GLOSSY, RAPIDLY RISING FLOWER STALK THAT PRODUCES AT ITS TIP A RING OF UP TO EIGHT DROOPING BELL-SHAPED RED FLOWERS. ABOVE THIS CROWN OF FLOWERS IS A CLUSTER OF POINTED UPRIGHT LEAF-LIKE BRACTS, RESEMBLING A SPIKY CREST. CROWN IMPERIAL LILY HAS RECEIVED THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYS AWARD OF GARDEN MERIT (AGM) WHICH IS FOR PLANTS OF OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE.

AT THE BASE OF EACH BULB IS A RING OF DARK SHINY SPOTS. MANY LEDGENDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, NOTABLY THAT IT WAS THE ONE THAT WOULD NOT BOW ITS HEAD AS JESUS PAST TO CALVARY AND EVER AFTER BOWED ITS HEAD WITH UNSHED TEARS WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THE NECTARIES. THE CROWN IMPERIAL LILY HAS BEEN GROWN IN CULTIVATION IN EUROPE SINCE THE 16. CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED FROM TURKEY. IT GROWS NATURALLY FROM TURKEY THROUGH PERSIA TO AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR, ON CLIFFS, ROCKY SLOPES AND AMONG SCRUB.

A LARGE CLUMP OF THESE STATELY PLANTS IS AN IMPOSING SIGHT AND QUITE UNDEMANDING ONCE THE BULBS ARE ESTABLISHED AND MAKES AN EYE-CATCHING SPECIMAN IN MIXED BORDERS. THE BULB AND YOUNG LEAVES HAVE A STRONG FOXY SMELL. PLANT 8 DEEP IN FERTILE WELL-DRAINED SOIL AND FULL SUN. EFFICIENT DRAINAGE IS ESSENTIAL AND ON THE HEAVIEST SOILS, ITS A GOOD IDEA TO PLANT THE BULBS SIDEWAYS IN A BED OF GRAVEL.

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This item is in the category "Garden & Patio\Plants, Seeds & Bulbs\Seeds & Bulbs\Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes & Roots". The seller is "bulb1" and is located in Derbyshire. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.

• Colour;: A Ring of up to 8 Bell-Shaped Red Flowers
• Condition;: New
• Country//Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
• Type: Bulbs
• Sub-Type: Bulbs, Corms & Rhizomes
• Variety: Fritillaria
• Type;: Fritillaria Imperialis
• Brand: Garthwaite Nurseries
• Sub-Type;: Crown Imperial Lily
• Type:: Crown Imperial Rubra Maxima
• Sub-Type:: Perennial
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