Trillium 2008

[Anthony Darby]

Now that's different Kristl. I like it.

[Philip MacDougall]

I had the pleasure to hike through a few areas in North Carolina this spring and a friend has suggested the group would be interested in these pictures. I can't swear that the plant I have labeled Trillium catesbei wasn't T. grandiflorum var roseum but many individuals in this large colony (behind a truck  stop!) seemed to fit the more typical form of catesbei.

[Paul T]

Beautiful pics everyone.  Those pink grandiflorums are amazing.... far pinker than I thought roseum was usually? 

Phillip,

Welcome to the forums.  What a great first post.  Those first two in particular are fantastic.  Love the form of the pink catesbei and that silver leaf cuneatum is pretty special too.

Kristl,

Interesting double.  If it is like that permanently and doesn't infect anything else nearby then it is a corker.  I tend to worry about greening virus when I see green flowered Trilliums, as so often they ARE the result of a virus or the like.  That one with the white picotee edges is rather spectacular, to say the least.

[Ian Y]

Welcome to the forum Philip and what a lovely series of trillium pictures.
Without your comments I would have said your first picture was T grandiflorum roseum - what ever it is a beautiful trillium.
I hope you stick around our on-line comunity and share many more pictures with us.

Kristl -  I am not sure what to make of that green streaked double, I am not always keen on doubles but that one is different.

[johnw]

Philip - It's about time you joined this group, they've all been waiting for those pictures for more than a week.

Fantastic shots.

I am still in shock and envy over that huge clump of Shortia galacifolia you discovered in North Carolina.

By the way folks, this former Haligonian is working on starting a nursery specializing in woodland perennials and has an incredible collection of plants to start propagating. Is the nursery to be called Chlophyllia? Unfortunately for us, this Nova Scotian packed his bags and moved to the lower mainland of British Columbia about 10 years ago. (It might have had something to do with a bicycle ride to work one Halifax February morning at 6:30am in a blinding blizzard at -17c.)

Luckily he visits twice a year and keeps us posted on his far-flung travels in search of rare plants... Taiwan, Tasmania, Chile...no country or seed pod safe from his keen eye.

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

A warm greeting, Philip, from New Zealand too. The welcome is warm but the weather is NOT, an early winter has grabbed us by the throats this year.

We can never have enough pictures of Trilliums and yours are gorgeous. I'm looking forward to further news of your nursery and travels. Perhaps to NZ one day?

[Anthony Darby]

I like that pink trillium Philip. I wonder if anyone on Trillium-L has seen it?

Here are three Trillium grandiflorum doubles I have had for a few years: first is 'Snow Bunting' from PC; the second is 'Flore Pleno' from Blooms of Bressingham and the third is 'Flore Pleno' from another supplier whose name escapes me (sorry). Finally, a close up of 'Jenny Rhodes'.

[Carlo]

I'm excited to report Trillium vaseyi blooming here for the first time...a beautiful dark flower on a long(ish) pedicel. Very nice.

[Anthony Darby]

I know how you feel Carlo, having had several imposters in the shape of erectum and sulcatum, the real vaseyi is stunning!

[Kristl Walek]

I am not sure if I like Brian's double that I posted above, but then I am not fond of many doubles  particularly if too "frilly" or if the sense of wildness and simplicity is missing from their appearance...

But it *is* fascinating what one can find in the woods...and Brian seems to find them all!!!

Brian now has two flowers of it from his single plant (3rd year). And of note is that this particular clone blooms for THREE MONTHS!!!!!!!

Another picture of erectum, still blooming strong in our area.

[Kristl Walek]

A great day in the woods with John Gyer and friends...

John works intimately with Trillium in the eastern USA and was one of the speakers at the recent "Trillium Symposium" at the Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware.

http://www.trilliumsymposium2008.org/sessions.html

One of the particular reasons for his visit was to visit the local site of a large population of T. grandiflorum doubles that Brian Carson (of course) had made him aware of. The doubles first began to appear in this location some 30 years ago, and have been slowly increasing in number ever since (indicating that this patch --of singles--has the genetic propensity to produce doubles.)

John spent some time with tripod and props photographing "the queen of the day"....

[Kristl Walek]

And here are some of the variations I saw, including some 4-petal clones.

Particularly fascinating to see the doubles side by side with the species.

[Magnar]

Most interesting postings, Kristl. Thank you 

Here is T. hibbersonii in my garden today

[Magnar]

2 more Trilliums from my garden today:

T. kurabayashii


T. erectum

[Magnar]

Trillium flowering is still going on here in the north:

T. grandiflorum


T. camschatcensis