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Post by Wheelgarden on Apr 21, 2019 20:45:48 GMT -5
Our native, endangered trilliums have been spreading over the past couple of years, to our joy. Ours are T. cuneatum, and we call them chocolate trilliums because of the deep maroon, almost brown blooms. Not as showy of a bloom as others, but they have that nice crazy-mottled foliage, too. Nice to see them every Spring, and nice to see them spreading.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Apr 21, 2019 20:51:20 GMT -5
I LOVE Trilliums! Mom planted some seed and grew several plants, which she gave to me. Decades later...last year they produced about 4 dozen blooms. They're the lovely pure white variety. About a decade ago a volunteer appeared, before it was nibbled by I suspect a rabbit. It was a lovely maroon, probably like wheelgarden1 's. In the following years I put a small fence around it so the blooms would mature and I could collect the seeds, which I did. But like other things that disappear in the house (as we discussed on another thread), I have no idea where they are now. Hopefully they'll bloom again and this time I can save the seeds for planting. Trilliums always create a special area when they bloom; I love that wildflower, woodsy look. It's one of serenity and peace.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Apr 21, 2019 21:11:59 GMT -5
SpringRain🕊️, those white ones sure are spectacular. They grow wild in the ridges and mountains around here.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 24, 2022 17:19:46 GMT -5
But wait!...there's more! Our trilliums have gotten happy since the first little clump we found years ago. They're everywhere!
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 24, 2022 19:41:35 GMT -5
Wheelgarden, Grandma and I rescued my trilliums from a logging site probably twenty-five years ago. I have both white and red and they've naturalized nicely as I noticed them popping up far from the original location last year. Now I need to move the ones next to the house as that area will now be in full sun.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 24, 2022 21:38:23 GMT -5
Our "chocolate" trilliums came with our lot. Just a bit down the road and up the ridges are the big showy whites, but being endangered, they're strictly prohibited to gather and transplant here. I'm going to find a seed source.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 25, 2022 12:47:23 GMT -5
Mine are growing in shade, sometimes with Ostrich Ferns which often crowd the whole area once they begin growing. I planted 3 trillium plants started from seed by my mother some 25 +/- years ago. Over the years they've multiplied exponentially. I haven't checked their bed yet to see if they've sprouted but they usually are behind other spring plants.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 25, 2022 19:14:32 GMT -5
Wheelgarden, there used to be a nursery within 50 miles of here that specialized in native plants. Unfortunately it closed before I was able to visit it. There are restrictions here about collecting native plants but not entirely clear of how that would apply to someone who has purposely let them grow and naturalize on their property. Actually I'm not even sure if it’s even possible to rescue plants from construction sites anymore without permits. SpringRain🕊️, I noticed my trilliums were just beginning to pop up.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 25, 2022 19:25:34 GMT -5
I've made attempts to gather seed, but there's nothing there. They must be spreading by the will o' the wisp.
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Post by Latitude33 on Apr 24, 2022 19:55:53 GMT -5
Will o' the wisp was a great album btw!
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