What's blooming now in Vancouver - April 25

Erythronium sp. or Fawn Lily

The delicate yellow flower in this photograph is an Erythronium or Fawn Lily.  It is also called a Trout Lily or Dog-Tooth Violet, but I prefer the gentle connotations of Fawn Lily.

This lovely native perennial stands on tall stalks above thick green leaves.  The Fawn Lilies in the photo are intermingled with late blooming Daffodils in a moist, deep shade garden.  It is always a challenge for us to find plants that will bloom in this Kerrisdale site surrounded by forest.  I believe we planted these lilies about 10 years ago, so they have done us proud.

We have the Fawn Lilies scattered throughout the garden, mixed with about 100 Daffodils of three varieties, Pulmonaria, Helleborus, Tolmiea, Leucojum aestivum, Heucherella and Heuchera.

As the season progresses, the Daffodils and Fawn Lilies will make way for Cranesbill Geranium, Hostas, Hakonechloa and Ferns.