Erythronium revolutum
American trout lily, Trout lily
- Height × spread
- 0.17m – 0.25m × 0.3m – 0.3m
- Position
- Part shade
Availability
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About this plant
This spring flowering beauty has long lush green leaves that are brown spotted. The flowers are held on long stems and peer downwards, several being carried on each stem. They are generally coloured pinkish purple but forms are available in white or shades of pink or rose. This flowers from late April and becomes dormant during summer. It stands around 25 cm in height. This is a woodland plant and needs shade at the height of the day. In the wild - on the west coast of the USA, it enjoys fogs that roll in from the Pacific ocean, so does not enjoy overly dry conditions,
- Flower colour
- Pink, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Brown, Green, Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cone
- Height
- 0.17m – 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Shady court
- Sun or shade
- Likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with sequestrol
If plants are acid loving and grown in soil with little acidity, or in a container, or are watered with limey tap water an annual feed with sequestrol (iron chelate) is highly beneficial. Follow guidelines on the packet. Will also 'blue-up' hydrangeas.
For hydrangeas that have good blue flowers in acid soil, this product can be used with alkaline soil to turn the flowers blue. This is most effective when the soil is neutral or just slightkly alkaline.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
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.
Planting & general
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.
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