Erythronium americanum - American Trout Lily

Sizes available: 3" pot, coming spring, 2026, available for pre-order, limited availability

Basics: up to 1' x 6", deciduous shade (sunnier in spring and shadier when dormant), yellow, bell-shaped flowers with recurved tips and mottled, sword-like leaves, blooms in early spring.

Common names: American Trout Lily

Family: Liliaceae

Origin/Distribution: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, southern Quebec and Ontario in Canada, south through the eastern United States to northern Georgia and northeast Oklahoma. Native to Maine.

Habitat: cool, moist deciduous woods, well-drained, also found in more exposed places like a lightly shaded cliff or ledge

More: will spread to form a colony. The leaves and roots have been used medicinally. Be mindful of lily leaf beetle. More information coming soon.

Source: Green Mountain Natives

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons