Re: Erythronium

Hello Janis & Bill Lee,
    Is anyone aware of a paper on the eastern US species of Erythronium? Sure would be a handy reference to have for following a collector's trail.
    I have had E. americanum (the yellow blooming) and E. albidum (white blooming and slightly earlier) in my garden for some years now. Always been fascinated by the beauty of the mottled foliage and the simplicity of the blooms. That, in turn led to collecting other species and hybrids. Unfortunately, the only other species I have seen on the market are the European, Asian and western species. Those I have scattered throughout my garden. Up until a couple of years ago I carried several named cultivars, including Pagoda. They are good multipliers in pots.....
    I do carry the E. americanum now, will have the E. albidum up on the web site only sometime soon as I think I now have enough stock of those to include in the inventory. There will probably be others here at the nursery in the Collector's Corner... but those are for visitors to the nursery only. Not enough to place in a catalog, and I will not know what is available there until the emerge out in the holding area.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
g*@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message ----- From: L*@aol.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: Erythronium

Bill wrote:

>>Bill,
Stop the moving vans!  No need to move to England for there are wonderful
Erythronium species native to the good old US of A.  Commonly called dogtooth
violets or trout lilies, there are four species native to Missouri where I
live -- E. albidum, E. Mesochoreum, E. Americanum and E. Rostratum.  I have
encountered them in the woods, but rarely see them in cultivation.  Pity.  
They are amazing plants.  

Those of you who lust for the unusual and rare should remember that you don't
have to search the world to find it.  There are some real gems right where we
live.  Erythronium is one of them.  

I was delighted to learn that Gene Bush offers them for sale.  (See his post
below.)  Gene, I have not grown them myself, do you find them easy to grow?
(Not that it would stop me if they were, I'm always up for a challenge.)  I
have not been able to find our native species available locally, I think I'll
stop by the site and order some.
--Janis

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