The white trillium has been the provincial flower of Ontario since 1937.
The name 'trillium' comes from the Latin for 'three'. The plant has large, often white, three-petaled flowers above three broad bracts that look like leaves. They are members of the lily family. . ..
Twisted trillium (Trillium stamineum). The little propeller trillium! I love this one.
Trilliums are among my favorite wildflowers. At a Special Studies class on wildflowers, they told us that there are 18 types of trilliums in Alabama. They didn't name them, but I think that they are. . .
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Sunday morning I planned to go for a drive to a favorite spot and take some pictures of Trillium undulatum. I don't have a good picture of that one yet, mostly it seems because the days I earmark for this event are raining and I'm always rushed. I figured then I would make a swing downtown, grab a paper and then visit the new land for a quick walk. Back at Vermont Flower Farm I have been working every day in the lower hosta garden and there's still a week's work left before it is close to passing muster. No time yet for the new endeavor on Route 2. . . .
By now, southern Michigan forsythias have seen their day as well as many flowering trees like Shadbow, cherry, etc. Time to put those sharpened pruners to work. Shape after flowering allows adequate time to initiate new flower buds for next season. Next will be lilacs, etc. Keep a keen eye focused after flowering and your garden will not only look 'well groomed' but thank you with beautiful blooms next spring.
~ Trillium cuneatum
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Trllium nivale is the snow trillium; it is native here in Iowa (and most of the eastern U.S.), but is rather uncommon now. We find it growing on north-facing, cool slopes underlain with limestone. It is the earliest trillium to bloom in our garden, just beating out T. underwoodii, a visitor from the S.E. part of the country. The flowers of the snow trillium are pure white, with golden stamens, and the leaves are very deeply impressed. . . .
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If you told me I could have only one trillium (which would be almost as big a blow to me as if you told me they'd stopped making Cheetos), I'd choose T. underwoodii. It is native to the far S.E.; in the deciduous forests of Alabama Georgia, and Florida, yet is perfectly hardy here, in spite of the fact it's the first trillium out of the ground, usually when there is still a little snow under the trees. It is a small plant, and cute as the dickens, with heavily mottled leaves and a silverish streak down the middle of each leaf. The flower, when it blooms, is usually deep maroon and when it first opens, has a slightly fetid odor. This is one of the sessile trilliums; that is, its leaves are stemless. . .
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As the snowflakes fly by my window, with a temperature currently of 19 degrees (a drop of almost 40 degrees from yesterday) one has to worry about all the early spring plants in full leaf or even flower. The wakerobin, Trillium cuneatum (also called little sweet Betsy), just looks too frail for this kind of climatic brutality. The magnolia blossoms are certainly toast, but hopefully ground huggers like this will prevail... we are to have four days of extremely cold weather, before the wind finally switches around to the south, and spring returns... she has some explaining to do!
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Heavy rains gave way to blustery winds today which continue even now. The wind has that sound about it that reminds me of a February back around 1987 when the wind never stopped all month. We were living in a place right on Lake Champlain and as beautiful as the surroundings were, the cold wind almost didn't let you ever go to sleep. I wish it would stop soon but until I notice it's absence, I know it will be in control. . .
The title is an oblique reference to my favourite gardening joke.
A woman was tending her front garden as the vicar approached. He paused, leaned over the front wall and and said to her, "Isn't it wonderful what God can do in a garden?"
The woman responded, "You should have seen it when He had it all to himself."
Armed with a camera I went walking through the woodlands near our home. I felt it was a good time to take pictures, since the trilliums were blooming. . . .
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on May 18, 2006, 9:23AM
Another example of Mother Nature playing tricks with me. I have always liked the white trillium. And every year, I have gone out and purchased a couple of plants. I put them gently into a shady, well conditioned garden -- and watch them slowly fade away and die.
Or appear to die.
This year I have six trillium plants rising in the garden -- half of them have gloriously blossomed. I'm quite excited about this.
I love surprises like this! -OR
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This is Trillium recurvatum, our beloved prairie trillium, with deep red flowers and spotted leaves. These are scattered through our woods, and the steepest ravine has a good colony of these near a small stream trickling down the bottom, growing with bluebells, jack in the pulpits, and Trillium grandiflorum.
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on Apr 30, 2006, 10:38PM
Trillium simile is very striking, with sharply cut white flowers with a black center. It is scented, and often called the sweet white wakerobin, or jewelled wakerobin; it's one of my favorites.
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on Apr 30, 2006, 10:43PM
What could be better on a rainy day, than poking around the garden looking at trilliums? This is Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin, with recurved, maroon red petals.
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on Apr 30, 2006, 10:56PM
When they say that Trillium cuneatum is variable, they ain't kidding.
Two different sized cuneatum behind two Trillium decumbens.
Some have very dark petals.
Some are lighter.
A few are really light.
Even fewer are mostly green.
Close-up green.
Some can't seem to decide.
Petal shape can vary too. Tall and skinny...
...to practically pudgy.
They can be tall...
Or very small. (One this small is unusual - probably due to growing conditions.)
And leaf patterns can vary even more.
Three shades.
And I didn't even get into how some of the leaves are droopy, and some are held high... Or leaf shape... But you can see some of those differences in the pictures too. Can you tell that I'm obsessed with trilliums?!
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I took this picture last year, but this is pretty much what they look like right now. The trillium are growing near the base of the rhododendrons and other sort of shady places. I think they're so pretty! They turn a sort of pinkish color as they age out..
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~ Trillium 
