Trillium 2015

[Shadylanejewel]

Any day now!

Trillium kurabayashii (photo from February 17, 2015)

[Herman Mylemans]

Julie that looks very good. Here in Belgium it is still too cold, the trilliums are growing very slowly. I expect that Trillium nivale will be the first.

[Mavers]

Same here Herman my Trillium kurabayashii are barely above ground. Things should soon get moving though.

Your trillium looks really good Julie. Do you have any others to show us?

Mike

[Maggi Young]

Any day now!

Trillium kurabayashii

 How good do they look? The way the marbled foliage wraps around the bud so protectively - yummy, really!

[GordonT]

No sign of mine yet- guess the meter of snow overtop the bed is discouraging them!

[Shadylanejewel]

The sun was shining and a very pleasant scent was in the air!

[Herman Mylemans]

The sun was shining and a very pleasant scent was in the air!

Very nice Julie! What kind of a sent has it?

[brianw]

I noticed my pots of Trillium kurabayashii 2013 Trillium-L seed has really germinated this last few days. I left some of the pots outside in a cold frame but brought others into the frost free greenhouse about a month ago when I first noticed the start of a shoot. Those left in the cold frame seem to have germinated best, although not checked which had most seed in.

[Shadylanejewel]

Very nice Julie! What kind of a sent has it?

Thank you Herman. They smell fruity - not any particular fruit but very distinctive.

[Shadylanejewel]

I noticed my pots of Trillium kurabayashii 2013 Trillium-L seed has really germinated this last few days. I left some of the pots outside in a cold frame but brought others into the frost free greenhouse about a month ago when I first noticed the start of a shoot. Those left in the cold frame seem to have germinated best, although not checked which had most seed in.

Congratulations Brian! 

Photo taken 2/19/15 is of 2014 seed sown last fall in baggies of vermiculite/perlite mix.  Took a few out of the bag to check on progress - radicles showing.  I usually just put the seed in pots, cover with grit and put them outside.

Currently have hundreds of seedling of various ages.  Any with three leaves are getting planted out in the garden this year (at least that's my goal).

[P. Kohn]

This was our most successful trillium. Seed from Cluny germinated really quickly and we had large saleable plants within three years. Be interesting to see if they are still thriving at Kerrachar when we go up in May.

[Shadylanejewel]

This was our most successful trillium. Seed from Cluny germinated really quickly and we had large saleable plants within three years. Be interesting to see if they are still thriving at Kerrachar when we go up in May.

That is amazing! I've been growing them for years and never had a "large saleable plant" in three years.

[Herman Mylemans]

It is now good weather and the first Trillium will start to flower: Trillium nivale. He is a week later then previous year.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely fat buds, Herman - on perhaps the most beautiful trillium..... 

[Garden Prince]

This was our most successful trillium. Seed from Cluny germinated really quickly and we had large saleable plants within three years.

Are you sure it was Trillium kurabayashii? Could it not have been T. chloropetalum var. giganteum?