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Also Known As

Yellow Dogtooth Violet
Yellow Trout Lily

Plant type

perennial, bulb / corm / tuber

size

H: 4"-6"
W: 12"

planting zones

3a-8b

7 bulbs ($5.00 ea) | $35

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4986 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

10 bulbs ($4.50 ea) | $45

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4996 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

15 bulbs ($4.00 ea) | $60

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4998 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

20 bulbs ($3.50 ea) | $70

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4999 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

50 bulbs ($3.00 ea) | $150

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5000 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

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Erythronium americanum plant details

Erythronium americanum is a broadleaf deciduous perennial bulb / corm / tuber with green foliage. In spring yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average and clay soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Erythronium americanum

Plant type: perennial bulb / corm / tuber
Plant family: liliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 12 IN wide, 4 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: yellow blooms in spring
Uses: bare root shipping available, ephemeral, larger quantity available, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Erythronium americanum

USDA Zones: 3a - 8b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular

Soil needs: average and clay

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Erythronium americanum, known as yellow dogtooth violet or trout lily, is a lovely, colony-forming, spring ephemeral with grey-green, burgundy-mottled leaves. It has bright yellow, nodding, lily-like flowers in early spring. Plant yellow dogtooth violet in a woodland setting or shade border with moisture retentive, fertile soil. Erythronium will go dormant before summer so plant them near late-emerging perennials like Hosta and toadlilies. Some wild colonies are thought to be more than 300 years old. Eastern North America from Newfoundland to Ontario south through most of the eastern US. Dry bulbs should be planted ASAP as viability out of soil is not long.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

The first Wildflower that I learned when I moved to West Virginia and started exploring the woods around my farm. Brilliant yellow nodding flowers over supple, interestingly mottled foliage. Blooms March through April. 3-6" tall. Full shade to part sun.

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

The graceful, amber and cinnamon flowers of this rarely offered woodland native are exquisite and its leaves are just as good! Mossy-green dappled with brown, they inspired the name it's been known by since colonial days, trout lily. It's not for impatient gardeners, though. Even our blooming-size bulbs may not bloom their first year, and though they'll multiply eagerly in moist shade, the offspring they produce will take years to fully mature. Aka adder's tongue, amberbell, fawn lily, 7-10", zones 3a-7b(8bWC)

By: Old House Gardens

A beloved spring ephemeral, Trout Lily's maroon-mottled leaves give rise to slender stalks bearing nodding yellow flowers. Trout lily should be planted where it will receive the warmth of the sun in early spring. Cover with leafy material over winter and leave it through spring. Plants can form large thick colonies on rich medium to moist soil. When the plants include many leaves and few flowers the clumps should be divided. Also known as Dogtooth Violet, it is a true lily. Zones 3-8.

By: Prairie Nursery

Our common native species, it forms huge colonies of speckled leaves often with few flowers, flat rocks and superphosphate helps.

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