Trillium 2018

[Herman Mylemans]

Trillium nivale

[Herman Mylemans]

Trillium chloropetalum var. giganteum

[Véronique Macrelle]

magnificent !
trillium are already well out like here in Belgium?

my poor little Trillium sulks so.

[Peppa]

Trillium nivale

Wow, Herman, that is the biggest clump of T. nivale in the ground I have ever seen! Do you have some special secret? 

[Herman Mylemans]

Wow, Herman, that is the biggest clump of T. nivale in the ground I have ever seen! Do you have some special secret? 

Peppa, they are growing in humus rich soil in semi-shade, not too wet. This one stand under branches from a tree (from our neighbour, leaves appear very late), so it is a very cool position in summer and now the Trillium gets a lot of light.

Another plant is standing in a more shading and more acid position and flowers always much later (about a month), the place is also more wet. This plant doesn’t grow as good as the other one. 

Once they are settled they dislike removing.

[Claire Cockcroft]

In my area, slugs destroy Trillium nivale before it gets a chance to grow, even in pots.  They mostly leave other trilliums alone.

Pseudotrillium rivale has seeded around the garden on its own.  I still keep some in pots and enjoy the many forms. This one has smaller flowers and nice leaf markings.

[Claire Cockcroft]

The first Trillium chloropetalums are starting to bloom.

[Claire Cockcroft]

I bought a single start of Trillium pusillum many years ago.  The clump has expanded every year.  I've tried to dig some to share and discovered the roots are very, very deep.

[Herman Mylemans]

Lovely Trilliums Claire!

[ArdfearnAli]

Hello there,
                Its good to see such excellent clumps of Trillium nivale and that is a large clump of Trillium pusilum. Trillium nivale is one I can't seem to grow. Perhaps its not so hardy with me in Inverness. I do grow Trillium rivale as well as quite a few others but have never had success with nivale. Once I work out how to post pictures I will add a few taken last year. The only one that is in growth at the moment is Trillium chloropetalum rubrum.

Alasdair

[ArdfearnAli]

Hi there,
            I apologise if the pictures don't appear. Not exactly sure how to post pictures but here goes.
A few pics of trillium . First is T.rivale, the second is a hybrid grown from T. chloropetalum albidum with deep lavender suffused flowers. Its also highly scented and so far seems to be bulking up well. Hope to be able to divide it this year. I tried last year to remove the centre of the crown of a side shoot to encourage young plants and so far seems to be working.

Alasdair

[Claire Cockcroft]

I think it's interesting how the shapes of T. rivale vary.  Alasdair's are pointed triangles; I have some similar.  Some have an ogee shape, and some are almost round.

I loved the T. chloropetalum albidum.
...Claire

[ArdfearnAli]

Trillium rivale does vary in leaf and flower shape and colour, Perhaps there is a bit of hybridising within the species. I have some from seed that have slightly rounded flowers as well similar to nivale. I suppose over the years of being grown in cultivation they may have hybridised. This year they are very late in appearing. Probably due to the cold dry weather we are haaving. I usually get Chloropetalum rubrum first and then T.sulcatum ,erectum and chloropetalum album/albidum with luteum around the same time.  Trillium grandiflorum is next but the double form is always 2 weeks later. The last of all is grandiflorum roseum which with me tends to be at least 2 weeks after the double. Can't find my hibbersonii but I am living in hope it will appear.
We have a bed in the garden that is now full of T. chloropetalum rubrum that are self seeding around like mad. Its a bed that doesn't require much weeding so I think they are being able to establish themselves without disturbance.

Alasdair

[Michael J Campbell]

A few Trillium rivale starting to flower.

[ashley]

All beautiful.  Do you still grow those amazing deep pink forms you showed previously Michael?