Checkered tulip, or fritillaria

Published Wednesday, March 25, 2015, OK personal/derivative use; link lovethatimage.artsquadgraphics.com.

These sweet little flowers come up every spring in my garden. Smaller than regular tulips (which they aren’t really), they do have their own charm.

Checkered tulip (fritillaria) naturalizes if happy in the garden.

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LaVoice on 28 Mar 2015 at 10:40 am #

Wish these would come up in mine. All I am getting this year is weeds.
Louisette on 29 Mar 2015 at 6:16 am #

Lovely,greeting from Belgium,
ann nz on 29 Mar 2015 at 4:40 pm #

we dun have the purple ones here.
laura hegfield on 30 Mar 2015 at 5:10 am #

What an unusual and beautiful tulip!
kissed by an angel on 30 Mar 2015 at 11:38 am #

I very much like the play between the Greens and the Violets.
Hannah on 30 Mar 2015 at 12:49 pm #

Beautiful checkered flowers, they are so intriguing. I planted some but haven’t seen them come up yet…
Mari on 31 Mar 2015 at 7:54 am #

Wow this is just superb! I’ve never seen a checkered tulip before. I love the color too.
Felicia on 31 Mar 2015 at 10:03 am #

beautiful flower. don’t think I’ve ever seen one before.
Floral Fridays on 01 Apr 2015 at 9:44 pm #

Quite unusual flowers, aren’t they, Sara? Amazing that they naturalise well. They look finicky.
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Keith on 02 Apr 2015 at 3:01 am #

Wonderful. In my area I really struggle with humidity. I use heaps of Coriander but it hates Queensland!