General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Fragrant
Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Scale bulblet propagation
Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Crown Imperial Fritillary
  • Crown Imperial Fritillaria
Also sold as:
  • Fritillaria imperialis 'Lutea Maxima'

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Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2016
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Aurora, IL
Date: Spring 2013
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-03-30
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-03-30
weird and wonderful!
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-04-30
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Aurora, IL
Date: 2011-08-27
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-04-17

Date: 2018-04-01

Date: 2008-04-23

Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-04-12
Wonderfully weird...
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-05-04
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-03-22
Accidental blooms in the garden house when it was still too wet t

Date: 2015-04-06

Date: 2015-04-06
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-04-14
En masse in the woodland at Harlow Carr.

Date: 2012-03-13
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-06-20
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
Stunted from growing in a pot. Looks like they really need to be
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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-02
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-02
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-01
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-01

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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