The dog tooth violet is a graceful addition to the spring border, so much so that I have a number of new varieties waiting in the potting shed ready to plant out the moment the contractor has completed cutting down a number of trees and shrubs that have simply got too big for their own good. The most successful of the trout lilies in the garden, by a margin, is Erythronium 'Pagoda'. The sulphur-yellow, pendent shaped flowers and glossy, mottled leaves, shown here on 11th April, make for a showy display. And it throws out many flowers. A member of the family Liliaceae, it grows here in shade and sun.
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