{"id":13,"date":"2016-08-16T09:25:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T09:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hughnunn.co.uk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2018-07-17T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T09:56:49","slug":"erythroniums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hughnunn.co.uk\/what-we-grow\/erythroniums\/","title":{"rendered":"Erythroniums"},"content":{"rendered":"

The species and cultivars of Erythronium<\/em> we offer in our Harvington Collection are all selected for garden worthiness. All are spring flowering bulbs that appreciate light shade \u2013 dappled woodland or shrub border shade is ideal with damp well drained soil. Their leaves die back in June and the bulbs become dormant over the summer.\u00a0 They come up year after year.<\/p>\n

Erythronium are also known as Dog Tooth Violets<\/strong>.\u00a0The reason? The bulbs of Erythronium dens-canis<\/em> reminded early botanists of a dog\u2019s teeth.<\/p>\n

The species from the Western North America are often called Trout Lilies<\/strong>. This alludes to the leaf markings that look like the scales of a fish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t