Where Can I Buy Black Sarana Lily Bulbs?

Black sarana lilies should be planted in the fall.

Flowering bulbs are easy to plant and reward gardeners with beautiful bursts of blooms and color. Fall is the best time to plant the elusive black sarana lily.

Broadleigh Gardens

The Broadleigh Gardens website offers fall and spring catalogs from which you can order bulbs. The black sarana lily is featured in the fall catalog, which is available from May through November. Bulbs are sent out from September through November.

BuggyCrazy

BuggyCrazy offers the black sarana lily in their online fall catalog. Items that are purchased here are available to be shipped from August through December.

Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery 

The Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery takes orders via email, letter or fax through August 31st. Their ordering system is pretty basic; simply view their online catalog and then email your name and address along with the quantity and item you would like to order and they will email a confirmation back to you. All plants and bulbs are shipped in the fall.

Crug Farm Plants

Crug Farms provides an online catalog for ordering bulbs and plants. They also have a beautiful nursery that they encourage you to visit in North Wales.

Identification

Fritillaria camschatcensis is the scientific designation for the black sarana lily, which can also be referred to as the black lily, black sarana, chocolate lily, Indian rice, fritillary and Kamachatka fritillary. This plant is a native to Japan, Alaska, Vancouver Island, Southwestern Washington, British Columbia and Northwestern Oregon.

References

• BuggyCrazy: Fritillaria Camschatcensis, Chocolate Lily
• Crug Farm Plants: Fritillaria Camschatcensis
• Broadleigh Gardens: Autumn Catalogue Plant List
• Pacific Rim Native Plant Nursery: Fritillaria

Resources

• BackyardGardener.com: Plants Fritillaria / Camschatcensis