 
Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria affinis, Also called by various common names; Rice Lily, Chocolate lily, Rice-root, Checker-lily, Mission Bells. A PNW native that blooms April-May with nodding 1 inch bells, subtly mottled purple-brown and yellow-green on stems up to 18 inches tall. The narrow leaves are in whorls. Native from British Columbia and Idaho to California. Wet winter, drier summer. Produces "rice-grain" bulblets, hence the common names, Rice Root and Rice Lily. This bulb naturally occurs in grass meadows where it's unusual beauty is hidden, it thrives in sun or part shade and needs NO summer water, although it doesn't mind getting watered. It goes dormant in summer and produces many offsets (rice) from the mother bulb. 10 TINY BULBS (RICE) PLANT IN POTS OR IN THE GROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH DEEP, BULBLETS WILL NOT GROW UNTIL SPRING, PROTECT POTS FROM FREEZING. SHIPPED JULY - SPRING
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