Erythronium 2013

[Oakwood]

...and more........

[ichristie]

Just fantastic those really dark Erythroniums are superb thanks for posting, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Gerry Webster]

Wonderful Dimitri. I've never seen such dark flowers.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I agree with Ian and Gerry . Fantastic colours Dimitri , unusual too ......Did never see something like that .Thanks for sharing !

[Ian Y]

Fantastic to see my favourite flowers in their habitat - I love the pink coloured forms of Erythronium caucasicum and have never seen anything like that before.
The dark dens canis are also spectacular.

Are you planing a return trip at seed time?

How close are the locations of E. caucasicum and E. dens canis, could there be cross pollination?

Thank you Dimitri and Natalia for sharing your beautiful pictures.

[udo]

phantastic flowers from all,
here some yesterday in my garden:
Ery. dens-canis 'Charmer'
                         'Lilac Wonder'
                         'Moerheimii'
                         'Pink Perfection'
                         'Snowflake'

[udo]

and two pure species:
Erythronium caucasicum and
          ''        umbilicatum, the first yellow ( i think )

[Gerdk]

Erythronium caucasicum and
          ''        umbilicatum, the first yellow ( i think )

Dirk, fantastic plants!
According Erythronium umbilicatum - I just acqired this species.
Seems it does well outside in your region.
Gerd

[Oakwood]

Fantastic to see my favourite flowers in their habitat - I love the pink coloured forms of Erythronium caucasicum and have never seen anything like that before.
The dark dens canis are also spectacular.

Are you planing a return trip at seed time?

How close are the locations of E. caucasicum and E. dens canis, could there be cross pollination?

Thank you Dimitri and Natalia for sharing your beautiful pictures.

Ian! Thanks for your post! From now still wait for seeds in my garden)) The both species are separated as by geographically but also by reproductive isolation mechanisms, as I suppose. BUT! it would be very interesting to obtain the interspecific hybrids - so, Ian - go on!! 

[Guff]

1-2 Japonicum
3-5 Hendersonii

[Guff]

1-2 Americanum

[Janis Ruksans]

A lot of Erythroniums are blooming in greenhouse, but outside only noses are shown on beds. Very interesting is E. oregonum 'Covichan Star' selected by Art Guppy - its flowers looks up. On next picture E. oregonum leucandrum. One of most beautiful is E. hendersonii. Erythronium umbilicatum has yellow flowers.  As last - Erythronium howelii. More you can see on my home page - chapter Garden News.

[Gene Mirro]

Erythronium elegans, both plants grown from the same lot of old wild-collected seed:
Yellow markings at base of petals:



No yellow markings:



Note that the foliage is a uniform dark green and has wavy edges, which is what E. elegans should have.

[Janis Ruksans]

Erythronium sibiricum subsp. altaicum and subsp. sulevii
Erythronium revolutum Rose Beauty
Erythronium x Joanna

[mark smyth]

Fabulous Erythroniums everyone.

Does anyone know why my E. dens-canis do not flower. They are in bought soil improved with leaf mould and grit. In the same bed are Snow Goose and Kinfauns Pink which are prolific. The bed was made in 2009 and in this time flowers have been absent