A counterpart to our mid-Atlantic Yellow Trout Lily, the more southerly Beaked Trout Lily has bright yellow flowers that are quite large for the size of the plant. While the flowers of Yellow Trout Lily are more pendulous, Beaked Trout Lily has flowers that point up and out, as if giving a sunny hello to all who walk (or fly) by. A lovely spring ephemeral for the woodland garden, Beaked Trout Lily will form polite clumps in time.
Conditions: Full to part shade; medium moisture; average to fertile soils
Size: 6” tall, 6” wide
Zone: 4 - 8
Wildlife Value: Provides nectar for early spring bees, especially mining bees
Photo: Pam Morgan