Roy Herold wrote:
>Paige wrote about Erythronium:
>Has anyone seen more than three flowers on a stem?
Erythronium helenae has four flowers on a single stem here this year
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It's nice to hear that E. helenae will have more flowers eventually. My seedling plants are blooming for the first time, with but a single flower on each. However, the diminutive, sparkling white flowers are very charming, and well worth the wait since sowing.
I also have a number of plants of Erythronium oregonum ssp. leucandrum
that have 3 and 4 flowers on the more mature ones. The flowers are
large (~9 cm) and cream colored. Here in central Washington (Tumwater),
we have E. o. ssp. oregonum, which has one or two large (~10 cm) white
flowers.
Though still cold, two days of sun have been most welcome. Some of the
species tulips have opened fully and reminded me why I grow them. Yea!!
Dave Brastow (zone 7A)