General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6-12 inches
Plant Spread: 6-9 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Scale bulblet propagation
Pollinators: Self
Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • White Fritillary
  • Checkered Lily
  • Snake's Head Fritillary
  • White Hen Flower
  • Checkered Fritillary

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Date: 2014-04-12
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-05-04
- A rescued treasure.
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2014-04-18
Location: Helmsley walled garden, Yorkshire
Date: 2018-04-23
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-04-23
Wildflower meadow
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-09

Date: 2018-05-01

Carlstaffanholmer on Wikipedia
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 9, 2009 12:02 PM
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Mar 30, 2007 11:57 AM
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-05-10
  6:49 pm. Rubbing shoulders with Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphur
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 10, 2010 10:30 AM

photo by ghislain118
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