Crown Imperial

Crown Imperials or Fritillaria Imperialis are grown from hardy bulbs which bear tall imposing flowers on stems 3 to 4 feet high.

Although the wild form that is found is normally an orange red, the flowers of cultivated varieties range in colours from scarlet red through oranges to yellow

Planted 10 red and 10 yellow in the autumn, they are all flowering now, unfortunately the pheasants have taken to pecking the flowers off the yellow ones, I thought I would take a snap of this one while it is still in one piece.