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2. Planting Your Erythronium Bulbs

• Plant your bulbs in the fall, as soon as you receive them. These bulbs do not like being dried out.
• Dig a hole and plant your erythronium bulbs 4 in. deep (10 cm) and 4 in. apart (10 cm).
• If you feel you live in an environment that might be borderline for plant hardiness, place the bulbs slightly deeper below the soil line. Not sure about your growing zone? Check here.
• Set the Erythronium bulb with the pointed ends facing up. Cover the bulb with soil and water as needed. Protect in colder areas with deep mulch over winter.

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3. Aftercare

• Water as needed during the growing season to keep the soil moist.
• After blooming is over, keep the leaves so that the plant can put its energy back into its bulb for next spring’s blooming. The leaves give an energy charge to the bulb through photosynthesis and for this, they need to keep their leaves!
• Eythronium are spring ephemerals whose foliage disappears by late spring or early summer as the plant goes dormant. Interplant your dog tooth violets with late emerging perennials to fill in the open space (bleeding hearts, columbines, or hostas).
• Propagate by division after flowering (when the leaves start to yellow).

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