Erythronium hendersonii
Henderson's fawn lily, Trout lily
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.2m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
A delectable plant when in flower with the blooms held on long, sinuous mahogany stems. The flowers themselves are small and exquisite. The stalks curve over so the flower looks down with elegant petals curved back and upwards. The blooms are coloured pale violet at the petal tips, white and their base. Their stamens are gold. The leaves are neat, broad with rounded ends and mottled in shades of green. It is found grown in woodlands in southern parts of the USA. This is March and April-flowering. This likes a period of dryness in summer and needs reasonably good drainage.
- Flower colour
- Mauve
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, lemon-orange
- Shape
- Cone
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Shady court
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring · Planting
Divide after flowering
Clumps that have become congested can be lifted, divided and replanted with some space between the bulbs, corms, or rhizomes so that they can further develop, producing new foliage clumps in the future.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
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