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TRILLIUM WAKEROBIN Trilliaceae (Trillium family) / Liliaceae (Lily family) / Melanthiaceae (Veratrum family) |
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| Trilliums are adapted to the moist, dappled, spring shade of temperate woodlands. Their seeds, produced in a domed capsule, are distributed by ants. Trilliums take 6-8 years to reach blooming size from seed, but they can live for 75 years, maybe more. When picked, bulldozed or shaded out, they may sulk underground for decades. Many species of Trillium bloom each spring in our Trillium Dell, but we offer only three species for sale. | |
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Photograph © A.M.D. Hoog |
Trillium
kurabayashii
Freeman. Majestic, clump-forming and showy, this sessile species
is a star both in gardens and on the show table. Our whopping rhizomes
usually produce 2-3 stems their first year in the ground. Native to two
small areas: from SW Oregon through the Klamath Mountains to NW
California; and farther south in California in a slice of the Sierra
Nevada. Named for the Japanese population geneticist Masataka Kurabayashi,
who first recognized it as a species. Height 20 -30 cm (8-12"). Zone
6, possibly colder. Rhizome (Fall shipping only). $25.00 |
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Photographs © Paige Woodward |
Trillium ovatum Pursh. Western white trillium. The 3-petalled white flower opens on its short pedicel as early as March at low elevations, and ages to pink or rose. Native to much of W North America from Vancouver Island south. Our plants (shown at left in our Trillium Dell with Erythronium revolutum) are grown from seeds wild-collected at several sites in SW British Columbia. Height 12-24 cm (5-8"). Zone 6. Rhizome (Fall shipping only). $12.00 |
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Photograph © Tamotsu Watanabe |
Trillium smallii Maximowicz.
Japanese Red Trillium. This is a small, early Trillium with a small but striking flower on a
short
pedicel; both petals and stamens are maroon. It is native to wooded slopes on E
Hokkaido in Japan and adjacent S Sakhalin Island in Russia. In mossy part
shade in our rock garden, this Trillium not only thrives but pups.
A pleasure! Height about 20 cm
(8"). Zone 6, possibly colder.
Rhizome (Fall shipping only). $12.00 |
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| While you are thinking about Trillium, you might want to take a look at its close cousins, Paris, Daiswa & Kinugasa. | |
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Trillium ovatum in a glade
on Vancouver Island. Photograph ©
Dorrie Woodward.