Background Project Information:

       The Western Red Lily modules all started as an assignment in our Senior Science Teaching Methods class in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.  SaskPower Shand Greenhouses are in the process of developing thousands of Western Red Lily bulbs for distribution in the province to mark Saskatchewan's centennial 2005.  These educational materials created and developed by U of S students have been piloted in many different Saskatchewan schools where the teachers as well as the students tested these materials.  The materials were refined and altered based on the feedback offered by the students and their teachers.    

Background Information

       The Western Red Lily is Saskatchewan’s floral emblem which is native to CanadaFlowers are generally bright red, with bases of petals more orange than red and dotted with black, with single or multiple blooms.  The sepals and petals are both coloured.  The Western Red Lily usually flowers at the end of June or beginning of July.  The fruit is an elongated egg-shaped capsule in three sections.  The leaves, linear to lanced-shaped, alternate on a stem with upper leaves in a whorl at the base of the flower stalk.  Common habitats include moist meadows, edges of aspen groves, thickets, and roadside ditches throughout much of Saskatchewan.