| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 7b |
| Plant Height: | 6 - 18 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 6 - 12 inches |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Spring ephemeral Other: The above ground parts of Trilliums are scapes with three large, leaf-like bracts with the true leaves reduced to underground papery coverings around the rhizomes. |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Other: White with a red purple center |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Groundcover Will Naturalize |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: Seeds need alternating periods of warm and cold stratification to germinate Sow in situ Seeds are hydrophilic Other info: Plants can be grown from seed, but it can take up to two years for fresh seed to germinate and another five to seven years for plants to bloom. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Other: Trilliums are not bulbs and don’t like drying out. They lose all living roots and will become limp and have little chance of surviving beyond the first season if bare rooted for any time. |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| aspenhill | On April 11, 2018 | Obtained plant Black Creek Greenhouse - qty 4; 1 SYSG, 3 X-SA |
| aspenhill | On February 26, 2014 | Obtained plant American Meadows - qty 3; X-SA |
| MrsBinWY | On January 27, 2021 | Potted up 1 on 1-27-2021. Seedling stayed tiny but developed a small bulb-like base. Senesced in July or so. On 8-29-2021, put the pot in the fridge to stimulate winter. Unfridged on 11-27-2021. Interesting bulb-like structure on top of contractile-looking main root. Put at room temp. On 1-8-2022, tiny leaf visible atop the bulb-like structure. |
| MrsBinWY | On January 26, 2021 | Seeds germinated 1 |
| MrsBinWY | On December 21, 2019 | Seeds sown 12 seeds (all) from RobinSeeds in milk jug. Give 3 months warm; 3 months cold; 3 months warm; etc. Moved outside 3-22-20 (will probably have to finish out the 3 months of cold in the fridge) |
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