Trillium 2010

[McDonough]

Dave, that's so odd, to have two different color flowers with the stems connected to the same rhizome! I wouldn't have believed it had you not shown us the proof.  Has it shown different colors in the past?  I wonder if the flower color might revert or stay the same, in ensuing years.  What species is it?

[Toole]

Hello Mark
Not sure if the plant had a couple of stems last year -- if it had been showing the colours as it is currently, i would have attempted to investigate as i am always moving plants around when in growth, so it will be interesting to see what eventuates next season.

I just had to go and have another look at the rhizome late this afternoon  --the two stems are definitely coming off the plant ,initially enclosed in a sheath before splitting .

Parentage is unknown ---
T.kurabayashii is the earliest to flower here but this one is well ahead of the others .The leaf pattern is similar to some of my cuneatums.
When the petals open fully i will have a peek at the reproductive setup and sepals and take a few meaurements as an aid to it's ID ,although i find it difficult sometimes to be 100% certain as when you grow kurabayashii, angustipetalum and even cuneatum from the USA east coast all together you can end up with all sorts of combinations.

Cheers dave.    

[McDonough]

Parentage is unknown ---
T.kurabayashii is the earliest to flower here but this one is well ahead of the others .The leaf pattern is similar to some of my cuneatums.
When the petals open fully i will have a peek at the reproductive setup and sepals and take a few meaurements as an aid to it's ID ,although i find it difficult sometimes to be 100% certain as when you grow kurabayashii, angustipetalum and even cuneatum from the USA east coast all together you can end up with all sorts of combinations.

Cheers dave.    

Hmmm, I don't have first hand experience with any of those three species (kurabayashii, angustipetalum, cuneatum), but did receive seed of T. cuneatum this year.  And as you suggest, there might be hybrids.  Regardless, beautiful leaf patterning, and we'll all want to know how it flowers next year, to see if it is still playing tricks

[Toole]

Another early Trillium out today .

A lovely coloured T. angustipetalum   -- the flowers will darken yet.
 
You can see it has a small deformed 4th petal which in my experience will not appear next season.

Interestingly quite a number of my T.s are 'blind' this year--no doubt still recovering from being weakened by a fungal disease of last year--i sprayed early this month with Octave just as the plants were 'moving' and thankfully there is no sign of any problem.

However in saying that ,there are still many in bud ,so hopefully i can post more pics during the next week or so.

[Toole]

Trillium nivale grown in a trough with limestone .

I'm down to a couple of flowering plants ,so have stopped dividing the clump for garden visitors --- there are however a number of seedlings present.

[Lori S.]

As it is starting to feel like fall here, it's great to see signs of spring!

[RickR]

I get the idea from wild stands of Trillium nivale, that the species sends out stolons.  In some places, the ground is carpeted with the plant.  When you divide them, Dave, do you find this to be the case?

[Toole]

As it is starting to feel like fall here, it's great to see signs of spring!

Didn't feel like spring here today Lori  --wet all day with a very cold south easterly off the sea and a high of 8C 

I get the idea from wild stands of Trillium nivale, that the species sends out stolons.  In some places, the ground is carpeted with the plant.  When you divide them, Dave, do you find this to be the case?

Have never noticed stolons Rick--however you raise a good point because when i cut around the edge ,with a knife ,of a patch ,(maybe that is a better word),and lift ,there is not the strong clumping i observe with some other Trilliums that i grow (like chloros.)
   

[jshields]

I haven't disturbed my clumps of Trillium nivale, but it looks as if they seed around readily.  They are found in parts of Indiana, but not around here (central Indiana).  The ones doing best in my garden are not those from Southern Indiana but rather some from Illinois.