Fritillaria messanensis ssp gracilis Scadoxus xMangave 'Spotty Dotty' is perfect

xMangave 'Spotty Dotty' is perfect for attention grabbing container plantings or as a landscape specimen in warm-winter climates

with Erysimum pulchellum

and a few other friends

undulating blue-green leaves

Fritillaria messanensis ssp gracilis Scadoxus xMangave 'Spotty Dotty' is perfectWe've killed more Fritillaria over the years than most folks know exist, so we are delighted to share one species that actually thrives for us. Fritillaria messanensis ssp. gracilis is a seriously cute Balkan native that we saw in situ during our 2012 expedition in Croatia. In the wild, it grew in very dry, rocky, alkaline clay soils among dense shrubs. In the garden, it has proven amazingly easy to cultivate a rarity for us and the genus fritillaria.