Erythronium 2011

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Ed and Gerry ! 

[David Nicholson]

Here's two from me !


E. tuolumnense

and

E. hendersonii

Very nice Luc and cracking images too.

Here's a very 'fuzzy' one of my Erythronium 'Pagoda'

[udo]

Nice Erythronium from all,
here some flowers in my garden:
Ery. dens-canis 'Lilac Wonder',
bed with Ery. dens-canis, left planted in 2010, right in 2009

[Janis Ruksans]

Here the earliest
- caucasicum and sibiricum Early Wonder
Janis

[ChrisB]

Here's a new erythronium shown at Edinburgh yesterday.  I've posted it on the show page, but thought some enthusiasts might not see it there, so here it is again, along with a note that was with it.

[Maggi Young]

As the Erythronium season gets into its stride here, the BD is a happy man....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Apr061302090756BULB_LOG__1411.pdf

[Brian Ellis]

As the Erythronium season gets into its stride here, the BD is a happy man....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Apr061302090756BULB_LOG__1411.pdf

I can't imagine why  , that Erythronium sibericum with narrow petals is a dinky little thing!

[Maggi Young]

.......that Erythronium sibericum with narrow petals is a dinky little thing!

It really is... it ( from soil to tip of top petal) is about the height of my index finger and cute as a button!
If it were a big flower the narrow  petals would  look squinny but since it its so little it is just lovely. The markings are nice and clear too, which helps.

[Brian Ellis]

It really is... it ( from soil to tip of top petal) is about the height of my index finger and cute as a button!

Aahh Bless 

[Ed Alverson]

There is a rural road nearby where many of the land owners have pooled their efforts and planted daffodils all along the road for a distance of perhaps 10 miles.  It is considered a local tourist attraction and every year there is a weekend "Daffodil Festival" at the local grange hall.  I don't have anything against daffodils, but it bothers me that the native wildflowers (some of which are blooming at the same time) don' get any credit.  Even worse, the herbicides that are sprayed on the roadside, in part to encourage the daffodils I presume, have significantly damaged the native wildflowers (but this is a much wider problem as well).  I was driving down this road a few days ago and noticed a sizable patch of wild Erythronium oregonum growing among the planted daffodils, so I stopped to take some photos.

Note that this is the form of Erythronium oregonum with pale anthers and light yellow flowers that I believe is properly called ssp. leucandrum, though most references don't recognize this subspecies.  You can really see the yellow color in the photo that also shows the clump of white Narcissus.

Ed

[Maggi Young]

Oh my! Wait till Ian sees these, Ed!!

[Brian Ellis]

Wow  that's wonderful Ed, thanks for showing us.

[zephirine]

Wow!!! Really impressive, I wish I could see such a display in person!
More modestly, Erythronium 'White Beauty' flowering fo the first time in my garden today....

[daveyp1970]

Give me that stand of Erythronium over the daffs any day.

[mark smyth]

I keep forgetting to tell you about some more excitement in the garden. Last year only one group of my E. Snow Goose came up and flowered. This year both groups are up. Is it normal for Erythroniums to take a year out?