This native
of Western N. America is found
from Vancouver Island to northern
California . E.revolutum grows in
Redwood forests & mixed evergreen
woodland. It seems to prefer damp
areas close to streams up to 1000 m,
flowering in its natural habitat from
March until June; in my garden it is
finished flowering by mid-April.
E.revolutum
has charming pale pink pendulous
flowers which combined with its
attractive mottled leaves makes
this Erythonium a very popular garden
plant.
In my garden it
thrives in a moisture retentive, humus rich
soil producing many self-sown seedlings,
including several hybrids.
Several selected
forms have been named including E. r var
Johnsonii, Pink Beauty, and Smithii - a bright
pink form from Vancouver Island.
In 2000
I noticed a small clump of E.revolutum
which had upturned flowers, differing
from the normal pendulous form, and
recently several more such flowers
have appeared in the garden
showing that this rare form comes true
from seed.
I recently
sent photographs to several N.
American experts & they suggest it
is very rare & has rarely been
recorded in the wild .
Erythonium
revolutum is easily grown from seed,
flowering three or four years after
sowing. Seed is always available on the
AGS seed exchange.
