Trilliums are among the showiest of our woodland plants and should be familiar to anyone visiting
wooded areas in the springtime. Their unusual flowers are distinguished by three large petals arranged
in a triangle, with three greenish sepals below.
Flower are 1½ - 4 inches across and can range in colors from white, green, yellow, pink to purple.
The rounded leaves are also in threes and are arranged in a whorl just below a single flower. Leaves are
net-veined and often somewhat wrinkled, in some species they are marbled with purple or maroon.
Use trillium in your woodland gardens, or under deep-rooted deciduous trees. They naturalize exceptionally well, forming large
clumps, that are quite striking when inter-planted with Virginia bluebells.
Plant tubers in late summer or fall. That is also the time to propagate them by division or by nicking the rhizomes.
Trillium can also be started from seed, but be patient, as they can take up to two years to germinate.
