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I have for years seen after other forms of Trillium grandiflorum flora plena and I have interest in information about what is found and is still alive. I know Carl Denton's cultivar list, but think some on the list unfortunately is lost. Trillium grandiflorum flora plena (I think it is 'Smith's Double' and 'Snow bunting' is quite well known and can be purchased at nurseries. But is there other forms or cultivars in gardens?In my garden I have a few unnamed and seven with names:grandiflorum flora plena (Smith's double)grandiflorum "Snow bunting"grandiflorum "Bressingham"grandiflorum "Otis Bigalow"Found by Otis Bigelow’ in the 1930’s It got a enormous flower.grandiflorum "Jenny Rhodes" Found by Mr Frank Rhodes in 1971.grandiflorum "Rakestraw double"Don't know much about this cultivar as have a very big flower.grandiflorum "Elkins Form" I know tgere is a green double named as Elgin form and it is because it come from Elgin, Illinois. I also know Tage Lundell named a green double after his friend Harry Elkins. My "Elkin's Form" is white and I know Fred Case got it from Harry Elkin and I think Fred Case gave it the name "Elkin's Form" only because so he could remember where he got it from.
For me "Jenny Rhodes" grow very slowly. Herman it look diffrent, did it have a name?
One I got from a friend as told me it come from seeds in his garden, I named it "Peters half double" and 3 unnamed.
Have you hear about T.grandiflorum 'Silver Jubilee' raised and named by Kath Dryden ?
I have for years seen after other forms of Trillium grandiflorum flora plena and I have interest in information about what is found and is still alive.In my garden I have a few unnamed and seven with names:
This year I had a semi double in the garden, I hope he will come back next year to use the pollen to pollinate a pink form. This year the pink form was already pollinated.
Wonderful Karl that you have that many doubles .....Were all the flowers on the plant semi double Herman ?.===================================================================
Dave the plant was between a lot of other grandiflorum in the garden. It was one single flower.
Just a few Trilliums are still in flower here however my recent efforts have been to divide a number of clumps which meant sacrificing seed heads that were forming on the individual potted up divisions , repot a number of seedlings of various ages and then pot on about 100 young seedlings that appeared above ground with cotyledon growth this season .....There will a short pause for a few days until I can purchase more plastic labels and pots.... It's interesting comparing individual seedlings ...some have well advanced new roots while others in the same pot aren't so far on .It's also fun to compare pots of different species/hybrids.Pic showing some of the current 590 pots .I'm just over half way and have 1000 pots before the end of January as a cut off point .Pencil /cotyledon rhizome comparison T. chloro on the left ----T .vaseyi hybrid on the right. Divots to be finished ,seedlings settled and pots watered .....Umm hopefully there is a market out there for them next year .... More later ...
