Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily)
A quick scouting expedition for early spring ephemerals on Saturday, February 27 proved rewarding for my husband and me.
Nodding bud of Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily)
Native to southeastern United States, Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily) is coming into flower at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily). Native to southeastern United States
Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily)
Erythronium umbilicatum (Dimpled Trout-lily)
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Mother Nature provided some beautiful gifts. 🙂
These first little flowers do seem like a gift.
Fabulous signs of spring, great photos.
Thanks Charlie. It’s great to see that spring is on the way.
What a nice surprise, looks like spring is taking hold in your end of the world! Love the foliage.
Slowly but surely, spring is getting closer.
Trout Lilies! Now that IS very exciting! I’m afraid to rake away the mulch because we have cooler weather in the forecast next week. But, I’m sure these warmer days will encourage plants to bloom very soon! 🙂
These were at a public garden and it did appear the beds had been cleared somewhat. We were hoping to find trillium but guess it’s still too early.
Beautiful flowers – and the leaves too. 🙂
The flowers are very small but the leaves helped guide us to them.
That’s a beautiful flower. Glad you were both able to get out.
Thanks Christina–was such a relief and a pleasure to get out for a brief walk. Today was even more lovely. Have a good week.
It’s really beautiful.
A little delicate charmer.
This is a lovely spring flower. I have no Erythroniums, I need to put them on my list for planting this fall.
My former shady garden was perfect for growing little things like this, but my current space is not. The botanical garden is just a few miles away so we visit often this time of year to watch as the ephemerals return.
I purchased some Erythronium in the autumn, their noses are just showing through the soil in pots in the cold greenhouse. They are a lovely Spring woodland flower.
What a great treat Brian to watch them develop.
Too too beautiful!
For some reason we missed most of the spring ephemerals last year at this garden, so it was nice to see these first ones coming back.
This is one of my favorites and I await seeing it in my meadow soon!
It’s that time of anticipation! Like old friends coming back to visit.