Trillium 2009

[Lesley Cox]

The flowers are superb but almost a case of Who needs them? when the leaves are so outstandingly good.

[Robin Callens]

It is sometimes difficult to distinguish Trillium ovatum from T grandiflorum. If grown together T ovatum is already fading when T grandiflorum is fully open. Also, T. ovatum opens its flower before the leaves are fully unfolded.


1) Trillium ovatum
2) Trillium grandiflorum
3) Trillium grandiflorum roseum
4) Trillium cuneatum

Robin

[Paul T]

Robin,

Great pics!  Love that roseum!!

Ian,

That cherry blushed one is striking, but that red leaved one.    I am almost speechless (almost!  ).  Breathtaking!!

[Melvyn Jope]

A few Trillium species in flower in the garden now.

Trillium chlorapetalum
T. chlorapetalum
T. albidum
T. cuneatum
T. sessile

I think the last two are correctly named, please let me know if not.

[John Aipassa]

Two other Trilliums flowering in my garden now:

Trillium chloropetalum giganteum RBGE form
Trillium flexipes

Cheers,

[Hristo]

Fab trilliums all, the first flowers are opening here after all the trilliums were divided and moved to their final locations in autumn after two years in a congested holding bed.
T.kurabayashii
T.cernuum

[John Aipassa]

Lovely cernuum you have Hristo.

I  only have cotyledons of cernuum at the moment and hope to have flowering ones within a couple of years.

Two more Trilliums of mine:
Trillium cuneatum
Trillium albidum

Best,

[Iris]

I post some Trillium pictures taken today and invite please anyone to put a name to the Red leaved form, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

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I'd love to know for how many years this red leaved trillium does this wonderful colouration. It looks very striking!

When I was in North Carolina in 2007 I've seen darker purple-red leaved trilliums growing there and a botanist told me that the colouration comes when a bulb is partly eaten by a mouse or other animals. And last year I selected two very dark purple leaved Helleborus foetidus in the Provence; just for to find out, that they went completely green being here this year . But the colour of the plants I am talking was much darker and not as bright and nice as the leaves of the trillium on the photo! I just wonder wheather you observed similar things.

Curious greetings from Iris

[ichristie]

Hi, all, sorry for long delay and it looks like I have missed some super pictures so thanks for those. At last the red leaved trillium has opened its flowers and yes the leaves do go a shade of green with age but the red tinge lasts for several weeks and as you can see in the picture posted the clump looks great with all the differend shades. I am not sure if it is Tr, cuneatum and I note that all the pictures posted as Tr cuneatum have pointed petals, I know this species is variable and in the books it shows som with rounded petals any way here are the pictures, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[ian mcenery]

great pictures everyone love that red foliage Ian
Melvyn you must have had your chlorapetalum as long as me

Here is a couple of mine at present

T chloropetalum

T rivale from AGS seed years ago

[Paul T]

Ian,

Whatever it is, it's spectacular!!

[monocotman]

Hi there,
           it is so interesting to see how beautiful some of these selected garden forms are. I was wondering whether anybody thought that this form of T. albidum is out of the ordinary.
I have three mature plants but this one has by far the widest petals and makes quite an impact, even from a distance. It also has a nice scent.
I think the plant originally came from one of our nurseries north of the border - maybe Christies?
It was probably about five years ago. It has spent the last couple of years in a pot as I was moving house. The nice thing is that I have about thirty husky three year old selfed seedlings from the plant.
They exhibit a range of leaf mottling from almost none to a couple with more than the parent,
Regards,
David

[Paul T]

Beautifully broad petals.  They much much more of a statement than what I have as albidum, by a long way.  Good clean white too by the look of it, whereas mine is definitely not pure.  I'd certainly be keeping it if I were you.  It will be interesting to see how much of that petal broadness etc is passed on to the offspring.  Very nice. 

[johanneshoeller]

Does anybody know the names of these Trilliums?

[Hristo]

Hi there,
First time of flowering, bought as seedling of T.erectum many years ago, looks like T.parviflorum or T.albidum. Either one works for me as I haven't got them!