Fritillaria imperalis
Fritillaria imperalis rise from the warming earth of our garden.
Check out these beauties. In less than a week, they have popped themselves out from the soil to a height of 12-15 cm. simply amazing. Maria, my better half, will be pleased, as these soon to be giants, are possibly some of the most beautiful flowers in our gardens and rank with her favourites. I like them also, although I appreciate a more delicate petal as found in some of our Iris’s.
These large, stately plants, with orange waxy flowers are called “Fritillaria imperalis” and in my opinion, no garden should be without it. Fritillaria imperalis are the biggest of the Fritillaries genera and a member of the lily family. This stunner can grow up to 1.5m (5ft) high and has about six red or orange downward pointing flowers at the top of the stem, just below a tuft of upward, pointy leaves. It has an unpleasant foxy smell. Other large Fritillaria such as 'Aureomarginata' have yellow-edged leaves, 'Maxima Lutea' yellow flowers, and 'Prolifera' produces two rows of bells. It shows the absolute brilliance of our creator God’s ability to think in the abstract, as it is a masterpiece of nature. I say think in the abstract because using the laws of “form follows function” this flower has petals and crowns, which defy that rule. It is purely a celebration of beauty in the macrocosm of the microcosm of space: a tuft of upward pointy leaves under which hang downward pointing flowers.
Do not worry when they come to bloom, you will be the first to see them here. What a marvelous day to work in our garden! Otherwise, how is your day?
These large, stately plants, with orange waxy flowers are called “Fritillaria imperalis” and in my opinion, no garden should be without it. Fritillaria imperalis are the biggest of the Fritillaries genera and a member of the lily family. This stunner can grow up to 1.5m (5ft) high and has about six red or orange downward pointing flowers at the top of the stem, just below a tuft of upward, pointy leaves. It has an unpleasant foxy smell. Other large Fritillaria such as 'Aureomarginata' have yellow-edged leaves, 'Maxima Lutea' yellow flowers, and 'Prolifera' produces two rows of bells. It shows the absolute brilliance of our creator God’s ability to think in the abstract, as it is a masterpiece of nature. I say think in the abstract because using the laws of “form follows function” this flower has petals and crowns, which defy that rule. It is purely a celebration of beauty in the macrocosm of the microcosm of space: a tuft of upward pointy leaves under which hang downward pointing flowers.
Do not worry when they come to bloom, you will be the first to see them here. What a marvelous day to work in our garden! Otherwise, how is your day?
posted by Gerard Pas at 9:40 a.m.
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