Trillium sessile
Trillium sessile has red flowers that sit right on top of the mottled foliage.
Trillium sessile has red elongated tulip-shaped blooms (with petals longer than T. recurvatum) with mottled green foliage. If you have a woodland garden you should have trilliums! Native to the Eastern US. Trillium are exquisite plants for the shade garden blooming in early to mid spring with their elegant flowers. They are spring ephemerals that may go dormant by summer. Keep in mind that they may go dormant early in the year they are first planted and could sulk a bit in their second year before settling in for beautiful displays for years to come.
Common Name: Toadshade Trillium - [Summer B&B Pre-Order]
Family: Trilliaceae (The Trillium Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Shade Part Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woodlands, limestone districts, calcareous soils, floodplains, riverbanks, clayey alluvium, less fertile soils, high, dry limestone woods, persists under light pasturing, 100-300m.
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