Trillium 2012

[Shadylanejewel]

My first post is about my biggest obsession.

I've been growing Trillium from seed for for many years now.  One of my Trillium kurabayashii seed plants is already poking her head out of the ground by almost 8cm.

[David Nicholson]

Welcome to The Forum Julie, you'll find lots of like-minded obsessives here.

[Maggi Young]

A new Trillium fan... how wonderful. Great  to have you join us 
Ours are not being so forward ( foolhardy?) in putting up shoots here in the NE of Scotland.  I hope your early shoot doesn't get a nasty weather shock.

[Shadylanejewel]

Thank you.

David - yes I'm sure I'll fit right in.  I've also been trying to get caught up on reading previous posts.    It may take a while.   

Maggie - Our weather has been quite mild but as always could change at anytime.  I've placed a layer of leaves over the top and also scattered slug bait.

[Peppa]

It's nice to see someone here on this forum who lives in the Pacific Northwest! Trilliums are one of my obsessions as well and I'm adding them to my garden slowly every year, both from seeds and plants. We have had a mild winter so far, but since we haven't had a cold snap yet, I am a bit concerned that one may come any time.

Does T. kurabayashii tend to come up earlier than other Trillium? I don't grow it myself (although I did sow some seeds last year...), but none of my Trillium have come out as yet.

[Shadylanejewel]

Hi Peppa - a little strange to be from the same area and yet meet on a "Scottish" rock garden forum. 

We haven't really had any prolonged freezing here yet either.  Tonight we should get down to freezing and later in the week night temps will be below freezing but still mild in the daytime.  In Feb 2006, the temperature was -8.9º C for several days and T. kurabayashii looked like limp lettuce but once it warmed up, showed no damage and looked great.

Trillium kurabayashii is almost always my first to bloom beginning around the first part of March.  Our native Trillium ovatum usually blooms a little later.  T. rivale will also bloom near the end of March first part of April along with T. parviflorum.

These are followed by T. cuneatum, T. pusillum, T. flexipes, T. erectum, T. sessile, T. grandiflorum, T. vaseyi, T. recurvatum and T. luteum (not always in the same order).
 
Can hardly wait.....

[Magnar]

Welcome to the forum  Shadylanejewel

I envy you,, having the Trilliums up already,, I shall have to wait another 3 months at least to see them grow. The first one to flower in my garden is always T. hibbersonii, closely follwed by T. erectum.

[Shadylanejewel]

Hello Magnar,

The Trillium kurabayashii is still about 2 months from actually blooming.  I plan to document the weekly or bi-weekly progress this year the photo was taken January 04, 2012.

I'll also document the other Trillium as they come up.

Julie

[Peppa]

Just found that my Trillium kamtschaticum and undulatum are poking though the ground. It's time to put out slug bait! 

[ichristie]

Hello Julie, great to hear from you and welcome. I have also been growing Trilliums from seed for many years, this year has been very mild and I see the first few seedlings germinating Tr kuribyashi these are under cover will put some fleece over them as I expect frost antime. The very first Trillium to grow here is Tr albidum it is well up now and we have a few just showing of Tr kuribyashi will cover those with leaves like you do. cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Claire Cockcroft]

These posts spurred me to look back over the years to see the order of trillium blooms in my garden.  Trillium rivale in pots is usually the first to bloom in mid-March, followed closely by T. kurabayashii, cloropetalum, and hibbersonii.

The order after that is T. rivale in the ground, pusillum, ovatum, & luteum, then cuneatum, albidum, grandiflorum, & parviflorum, then erectum & sulcatum.  Vaseyi is usually the very last, in full bloom around the middle of May.

Peppa, I have plenty of T. kurabayashii to share (more like overrun with them).  I'd be happy to give you a clump or two.

...still snowing and 1 degree C, with T. kurabayashii noses poking out of the snow in places

[Shadylanejewel]

Peppa - slug bait application is almost a daily necessity here.

Ian the Christie kind - Thank you for the warm welcome.  If I had Trillium plants from just a small fraction of the seeds I've planted over the years, maybe I'd have Claire's problem (which I would love to have).

Claire -

I have plenty of T. kurabayashii to share (more like overrun with them).

I don't think I could ever be overrun with them.   

[Maggi Young]

Claire -

I have plenty of T. kurabayashii to share (more like overrun with them).

I don't think I could ever be overrun with them.   

It's my dream to be overrun with Trillium nivale  .... bliss!

[Shadylanejewel]

It's my dream to be overrun with Trillium nivale  .... bliss!

T. nivale is one I do not have yet.  May need to remedy the situation as soon as possible. 

However, I haven't yet found a Trillium I didn't love.

[Peppa]

Thanks Claire!

I've seen a pot of Claire's T. rivale at one of our meetings, it was pretty impressive!!!