Over the weekend we visited my in-laws for Easter. While there I always explore the edges of the woods and sometimes deeper but I really didn’t have to journey far to find this trillium. It was among a grouping of several other trilliums on the edge of a cedar glade woods in their backyard. All the trilliums were the sessile type which means the blooms rest on the foliage (see this site for more on trillium).
I’m not an expert on Trillium and I’ll refrain from identifying the botanical name for this one. Last time I tried to identify it I was critiqued by an expert on trillium who claimed I was wrong on my ID. The trillium in that post was found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which holds 10 different varieties of trillium within its boundaries. Trillium grandiflorum was the closest ID I could find to match my photo and still fits the description and photos to a ‘T’. I still believe I was right on but I’ll hold back with the trillium ID in this post anyway. I suspect the trillium expert was thinking that I bought the wrong one at an online nursery as there can be some confusion in the trillium cultivation department. The only trillium I’ve ever shown on this blog are those that I’ve found in the wild – it’s like finding buried treasure.
Have you found any buried treasure lately?
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This one looks like Sweet Betsy to me…Or T cuneatum. If it stinks it's not SB, but T sessile~~I love them all~I bought a new one last year…T luteum, smells like lemon. gail
Whatever it is, it's pretty Dave! We have red trilliums that look a lot like this one, and one grandiflorum (white bloom.) I'm still looking for the grandiflorum, but the red ones are just unfurling here.
The best surprise I just found today is new sprouts on an Indian pink. I added it to our garden last year, and am so happy to see that it survived winter! I hope I can save some seeds this year and get more of them.
I love those trillium's. I've seen many in the Smokey Mtns.
I found that my angel trumpet that I had in a pot survived the winter. I was about to empty the pot to put new soil in it & behold there was some new growth on the stalk.
Dear Dave what ever specific kind it is .. it will be lovely .. I have a very shy red one here .. it hasn't wanted to mulitply for some reason (maybe it really is too shy ? LOL) Grandaflorum is our provincial flower and I have a few, not as shy as that red one ? haha .. with more on order because my shade garden area is getting bigger and I want as many woodland plants as possible there.
You can't go wrong with a few trillium !
Joy
That looks sort of like the most common Trillium around here, T. sessile, which goes by the goofy name "Bloody nose." What ever it is, what a treat to come across one.
I think these are the coolest!
Great post. thanks for sharing. I wouldnt listen to self proclaimed experts either. If they have to tell you how good they are, then they are suspect from the start.
My trillium is at my former home. It was given to me by a close friend. I didn't want to kill it by digging it up in the heat of the summer so I left it.
I am so reminded by all of the blogs what I left behind.
Eileen