Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

General Information Common Name  Trout Lily, Dogtooth Violet Scientific Name  Erythronium americanum Sun Tolerance  Shade Height  7-30cm (3-9 inch) Spread  7-20cm (3-6 inch) Growth Rate  Fast Bloom Time  Spring Color  Green Flower Color  Yellow Type  Creeper Native  North-America

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Liliopsida – Monocotyledons Subclass  Liliidae Order  Liliales Family  Liliaceae – Lily family Genus  Erythronium L. – fawnlily Species  E. americanum

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum common name is Trout Lily also called Yellow dogtooth violet. It is a flowering plant that native to North-America. It grows to 7-30cm (3-9 inch) in height. Generally it well grows in shady places. The plants are only in growth from late winter to late spring so the ground cover effect is ephemeral. The appearance of Trout Lily’s gray-green leaves mottled with brown or gray, which allegedly resemble the coloring of brook trout. It blooms in spring and the flower color is yellow.  Each plant sends up a single flower stem with a pair of leaves. Trout lilies grow in colonies that can be up to 300 years old. Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a shady position in a cold frame. Water lightly in summer, it should germinate in autumn or winter. Stored seed requires a period of cold stratification. Sow as early in spring as possible in a cold frame. Sow the seed thinly so that it will not be necessary to prick them out for their first year of growth. Give an occasional liquid feed to the seedlings to make sure that they do not become nutrient deficient. When the plants are dormant, pot up the small bulbs putting 2 - 3 bulbs in each pot.

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily - Dogtooth Violet