General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves can be cooked as a leaf vegetable.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Large flowers open pale yellow fading to pink making a bicoloured mix
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Edible Parts: Leaves
Roots
Flowers
Eating Methods: Tea
Raw
Parentage: Erythronium tuolumnense X E. revolutum

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Common names
  • Trout lily
  • Dogs tooth violet
  • Fawn lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-05-05
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2024-04-13
Erythronium 'Joanna'
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-05-05
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-05-04
Flower colour changes as they mature
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-04-18
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-05-01
New 'colony' first blooms
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-04-15

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