Erythronium (dogtooth violet) ... does it not always flower?

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Sermoneta Cuddebackville, NY(Zone 5b) May 15, 2011

I have been watching it put out leaves for a couple of springs now but have not seen any flowers. Anyone have any ideas as to why not? I have a lot of space (25+ acres) and they are making headway against the invasives (e.g. garlic mustard). They are in shade, part shade all over the place but NO flowers. SO frustrating.

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) May 16, 2011

This plant only flowers when two leaves are produced. One leaf to a plant - no flower. Even in natural settings with large nmbers of plants, only a small number usually bloom in a given year. I do not know what conditions promote production of two leaves to a plant.

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Sermoneta Cuddebackville, NY(Zone 5b) May 21, 2011

Thanks. That's interesting. I'll start looking at the numbers of leaves.

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