Fritillaria Meleagris

A few years back, I got into a kick where I focused on planting flowers with literary associations; this one is Shakespearean and very satisfying to grow, even though I only have moderate success with it.

"By this the boy that by her side lay killed

Was melted like vapour from her sight,

And in his blood that on the ground lay spilled

A purple flower sprung up, checkered with white,

Resembling well his pale cheeks and the blood

which in round drops upon their whiteness stood."

VENUS & ADONIS, Line 1165 to 1170