Trillium 2011

[McDonough]

I sowed some Saruma  couple of years ago.. nothing came up, I'll have to try again...
As for Trilliums, I think I see some action finally in a pot sown in fall '09! Those will be my first T's.... need to get more seed...lol

Saruma makes a lot of seed here, with self-sown seedlings occasionally popping up.  I'll try to collect some seed later on when it's ready and I'm glad to share some.  I've never deliberately sown the seed, so not familiar with what the requirements are for germination.

[cohan]

Thanks, Mark! I think it was warm/cold/warm or cold/warm.... Seed was from Kristl, so I'm  sure it was good but I no doubt did something wrong with timing...

[McDonough]

Some Trillium photos from today, yet another overcast cool weather day.

Trillium grandiflorum 'Multiplex' reaching the late anthesis pink-tinged stage.  Just beyond and above it, is T. rugelii.




Trillium rugelii, one of the nodding trillium types, in the the left photo one gets a hint that there might be flower beneath the leaves, and in the right-hand photo, the leaves lifted to reveal the flowers... large size as nodding trillium species go, and with a large central purple ovary and stamen mass.




The unique flower disposition on Trillium vaseyi, with the folded back petals... fascinating.  In the center photo you can see T. recurvatum on the right.



A small grouping of Trillium foetidissimum, with a form of Arisaema triphyllum beyond.  The trillium blooms are indeed lightly foetid smelling, but only at very close hand with one's nose stuck into the flower... an attractive little Trillium only about 5-6" tall.

[Hoy]

Mark, I am thinking of terminating my kitchen garden to grow trilliums

[cohan]

Mark, I am thinking of terminating my kitchen garden to grow trilliums

With Ducks?

[Hoy]

Mark, I am thinking of terminating my kitchen garden to grow trilliums

With Ducks?

Yes, the whole Duck family with uncle Scrooge in front:
Slugwatching!

[cohan]

Oddly, I seem to have slugs but not slug damage.. I can only suppose that I have enough natural predators to keep them in check..

[Hoy]

Oddly, I seem to have slugs but not slug damage.. I can only suppose that I have enough natural predators to keep them in check..

I have predators too, some slug-egg-eating beetles and birds to name some, but we have many different species of slugs and snails and some are worse than other. The humid climate here make the slugs and snails active almost every day and night.

[cohan]

 

[Toole]

First Trillium,raised as T. angustipetalum ,is out with many Western sps/hybrids just needing a little more warmth to show some colour.

Cheers Dave.

[McDonough]

Beautiful form and color on that one Dave, I LIKE IT!

[Toole]

Beautiful form and color on that one Dave, I LIKE IT!

Thanks Mark --i have quite a number of different coloured T.angustipetalums ---suggest watch this space 

Cheers Dave.

[RickR]

Love all the interesting foliage on trilliums, too.  Nice plant, Dave!

"suggest watching this space."
Deffinitely!

[Toole]

Thanks Rick.

Another T.angustipetalum just out today showing a yellow center and darker tip colour than the plant posted above.

Also note the different colour of the sepals --in this case they are green with a brown stripe along each edge ....

All just variations on a theme i guess  

The yellows and hopefully some lime greens aren't too far away and then we should be into the chloros......

Cheers Dave.

[Lori S.]

Very nice!  They hardly need to flower at all with that foliage!