Erythronium oregonum

Also Known As

Erythronium oreganum
Dog-Tooth Violet

Plant type

bulb / corm / tuber

size

H: 6"-18"
W: 10"

planting zones

3a-9b

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Erythronium oregonum plant details

Erythronium oregonum is a broadleaf deciduous bulb / corm / tuber with green foliage. In spring cream and white flowers emerge. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture water. Does well in rocky and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Erythronium oregonum

Plant type: bulb / corm / tuber
Plant family: liliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 10 IN wide, 6 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: cream and white blooms in spring
Uses: mottled leaves, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Erythronium oregonum

USDA Zones: 3a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture

Soil needs: rocky and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This entrancing bulb once carpeted NW woodlands with its white trumpets above wonderful mottled leaves; most are now gone...start your own delightful colony; nursery grown; don?t pick the flowers. PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

A vigorous, undemanding woodland bulb for carpeting the ground beneath a native shrub such as Ribes, the White Fawn Lily appreciates a deep planting in well drained soil and dry conditions once the clump disappears in June. Some say it's the mottled leaves resembling a fawn's spotted back that evoke the common name, others think its the delicate thin stems and graceful flowers conjuring a young deer's light-on-its-feet stance. Either way this demure Pacific northwest native is sure to please. A lustrous base of broad, ripple-edged green and brown foliage stage numerous, nodding decorative

By: Digging Dog Nursery

The pale ivory flowers with elegantly recurved tips occur on tall stems. Showy mottled leaves. Plant deeply and grow in sun or shade. They will go dormant early in the season, so it is a great plant to mix into groundcover plantings.

By: Heritage Seedlings

Blooms: spring, white, yellow center/early emerging, blue-green foliage Zone 3-9. 6"-18", PNW, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

White flowers. Green leaves / brown spots.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Nice native bulb surprisingly seldom available. Mottled leaves and multiple pale yellow to creamy yellow flowers in multiples hang above the foliage. Very good naturalizer from seed and one of the most requested plants in our shade garden.