Saturday was a horrible rainy mess, but on Sunday morning I was able to walk around the yard with my wonderful husband. I took pictures until the memory card was full.
One of the first things we found was this beautiful little flower.
It is so dainty, I thought it might be some sort of spring ephemeral...like a trout lily or something?After some Internet research, I believe it is a fritillaria meleagris.
Fritllaria meleagris is commonly known as the Checkered Lily, the Guinea -hen Flower, or the Snake's Head Lily. According to Wikipedia, it is the only species of Fritillary native to Great Britain. There is a great deal more information available at one of my favorite plant websites, Paghat's Garden.
Ours (we only found one) is growing in the shade of a large juniper bush. It's very sweet and I think I'll have to get some more to plant in the fall.
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