Fritillaria ionica
Fritillaria ionica |
The Ionian islands seem to have a storied past as well,settled by the greeks around 1000 bc, invaded by the Romans, the Venetians, the Russian Turks and the British through history.
From the Mountains on the Ionian Isle of Corfu, Fritillaria ionica doesn't disapoint, the green areas on the bells are lightly checkered, and the brown and green pattern is always a show stopper on this hardy albiet somewhat compact species.
We had a little snow yesterday, actually off and on most the day it was rain and snow mix at times, I'm ready for some sunny weather to really get out and enjoy the flowers! 39 degrees today maybe its going to get up to 45?
Cheers,
Mark