Trillium 2012

[Janis Ruksans]

Hey Trillium lovers -

Heres some shots of native kurabayashii taken a couple of weeks ago taken in Humboldt County CA near Hoopa.

Phantastic, Larry! No other comments.
Janis

[Garden Prince]

Indeed, those pictures of T. kurabayashii in the wild are beautifull!

In my garden yesterday:

[ian mcenery]

The season is starting with some nice plants here

Here are some from me

T rivale from AGS seed some years ago now with its own seedlings
T rivale Winifred Murray with a stray seedling of the last plant in the middle
T chlorapetalum.
A Trillium which I bought more than 30 years ago from Blooms as sessile has seeded itself all over the garden and  has probably hybridised. The variety of leaf patterns are amazing

[johnw]

Gorgeous Trilliums Ian.

Is that Rhododendron campanulatum at the rear right in the last photo?

johnw

[ian mcenery]

Gorgeous Trilliums Ian.

Is that Rhododendron campanulatum at the rear right in the last photo?

johnw

Yes John and well spotted  If I remember correctly it is the Knap Hill form

[johnw]

Thanks Ian.

I hope you don't have too may people fainting into your Trillium bed.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

I was just thinking that with such great beds of trillium there could be any number of swooning admirers lying under the foliage. 

[WimB]

Hey Trillium lovers -

Heres some shots of native kurabayashii taken a couple of weeks ago taken in Humboldt County CA near Hoopa.

Simply stunning, Larry!!

I'll second that motion Leslie; Larry those are truly splendid clumps of T. kurabayashii.  I wonder why this species is almost never seen in gardens in Eastern USA, it certainly must be amenable to cultivation judging from the popularity of this fine species in Europe.

Mark,

the western Trillium species grow very good in Belgium. The eastern species don't.
So maybe it's the same in the States? The western species might not grow very well in the east?

The season is starting with some nice plants here

Here are some from me

T rivale from AGS seed some years ago now with its own seedlings
T rivale Winifred Murray with a stray seedling of the last plant in the middle
T chlorapetalum.
A Trillium which I bought more than 30 years ago from Blooms as sessile has seeded itself all over the garden and  has probably hybridised. The variety of leaf patterns are amazing

 

[arisaema]

the western Trillium species grow very good in Belgium. The eastern species don't.
So maybe it's the same in the States? The western species might not grow very well in the east?

That's odd, the Eastern and Westerns species both do really well here in S Norway, and we're not that much colder than you... The only one I can't grow is T. rivale, it just doesn't seem hardy.

[WimB]

the western Trillium species grow very good in Belgium. The eastern species don't.
So maybe it's the same in the States? The western species might not grow very well in the east?

That's odd, the Eastern and Westerns species both do really well here in S Norway, and we're not that much colder than you... The only one I can't grow is T. rivale, it just doesn't seem hardy.

I haven't got a clue why, but even the best Trillium growers here in Belgium (Callens, Van Poucke) struggle to keep the eastern species alive and growing. The western species grow very well!! Probably something climatological!

John Lonsdale also says the western species don't grow very well on the eastern coastal plains: "and the Western sessile trillium species struggle on the eastern Piedmont and coastal plain because they dislike hot & humid summers." (http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/articles/winterthur_trillium.html)

[ian mcenery]

Thanks Ian.

I hope you don't have too may people fainting into your Trillium bed.

johnw

I was just thinking that with such great beds of trillium there could be any number of swooning admirers lying under the foliage.  

must have a look  

[Jonny_SE]

In my garden yesterday:

Lovely Trilliums!!!!!!

[fleurbleue]

Garden Prince, I love your Kurabayashii ! wonderful flower color 

[John Aipassa]

the western Trillium species grow very good in Belgium. The eastern species don't.
So maybe it's the same in the States? The western species might not grow very well in the east?

That's odd, the Eastern and Westerns species both do really well here in S Norway, and we're not that much colder than you... The only one I can't grow is T. rivale, it just doesn't seem hardy.

I haven't got a clue why, but even the best Trillium growers here in Belgium (Callens, Van Poucke) struggle to keep the eastern species alive and growing. The western species grow very well!! Probably something climatological!

John Lonsdale also says the western species don't grow very well on the eastern coastal plains: "and the Western sessile trillium species struggle on the eastern Piedmont and coastal plain because they dislike hot & humid summers." (http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/articles/winterthur_trillium.html)

We had this discussed several times on Trillium-L. The Western sessiles have great difficulties in the eastern parts of the US. Fellow members of T-L have "blamed" the climatological difference as you have mentioned. Although it is the same continent, the difference between west and east is very significant and cannot be presumed as being the same because it is 'American'. Only very few eastern US T-L members manage to maintain Western species in their garden. Most of them get them killed.

The Eastern species having difficulties in Belgium has also got to do with your climatological circumstances. Your zone 8 and maritime climate is not favoured by the Eastern species which are used to a more continental climate regime with cold winters and hot summers. The species of the South for instance underwoodii and decumbens are used to milder winters but have to deal with (very) hot humid summers. That said erectum, sulcatum, vaseyi etc are all doing fine in the UK, which is also z8 (most parts).

I have great difficulties with erectum and vaseyi. Sulcatum is doing fine though.

[John Aipassa]

Hey Trillium lovers -

Heres some shots of native kurabayashii taken a couple of weeks ago taken in Humboldt County CA near Hoopa.

Hi Larry,

Maybe you should share your wonderful photos of wild chloropetalums here too. I am sure others would enjoy them as much as I have 

And they get to see different chloropetalums in comparison to the usual garden forms we get to see here.

Cheers,