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Trillium sessile |
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| Common name |
toadshade trillium |
| Family |
melanthiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-8) |
| Flowers |
maroon |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
part-full shade |
| Cultural notes |
moist soil; do not transplant |
Woodland perennial, native to the US. Dark-and-light-mottled foliage. After quite a few unsuccessful attempts to grow trilliums from seed, I finally broke down and ordered live plants by mail (three, of course!). They arrived bare-root and barely awake, but upon planting quickly developed their first three leaves. Even though our shade garden is tiny, I figured it wouldn't be complete without at least one species of this charming woodland genus. Maroon flowers appeared the second year, and again the third year – but the plants weren't getting any bigger (certainly nowhere near the 12" they should attain). I finally moved them out of the shade garden, where they were overpowered by their taller neighbors from late spring onward, into a more open woodland experiment in the middle of our back yard island. Sure enough, a couple years later the plants seem happier and grew a bit larger (see photo at top compared to one at right).
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| | Trillium row in the woodland garden (with T. grandiflorum at right) |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Flower | Apr 24, 2010 | These grow everywhere in our woods. My mother transplanted some into her shady raised flowerbox 2 years ago and they have done well. We are going to attempt to transplant some into our large flowergarden this week (april) and see what happens. I have heard the flower has a foul smell and attracts flies and other beetles. |
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