{"id":7980,"date":"2016-03-30T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7980"},"modified":"2015-09-10T20:53:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:53:33","slug":"growing-trilliums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/03\/30\/growing-trilliums\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Trilliums"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trilliums (Trillium spp<\/em>.)\u00a0are\u00a0the beloved native wildflower around the world. Many species are native to the U.S. Five popular U.S. species are great white trillium (T. grandiflorum<\/em>), yellow trillium (T. luteum<\/em>), prairie trillium (T. recurvatum<\/em>), drooping trillium (T. flexipes<\/em>), and\u00a0sweet Betsy\u00a0trillium (T. cuneatum<\/em>).<\/p>\n

For\u00a08 months\u00a0and more, trilliums are ephermerals or \u201cghost plants\u201d. Here in the mid-South (USDA hardiness zones 6 -7), they make their appearance in early April\u00a0and stay around for\u00a08-12 weeks. By\u00a0the mid-July all evidence of\u00a0trillium flowers and vegetation has\u00a0disappeared. Some species\u00a0may produce bigger and\u00a0showier flowers, but all exhibit 3 leaves, 3 petals and 3 sepals.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re easy to grow and are a long-lived perennials when properly sited in the shady spot or woodland garden. Give them a place of their own where they will be left undisturbed for many years. Trilliums prefer a semi-shaded\u00a0locale in organically rich, moist, well-drained soil. Prior to planting, amend the soil with loads of well-rotted compost, rotted leaf litter, etc. Keep the area moist in the spring and be patient because\u00a0new trilliums from\u00a0seeds may\u00a0take 6-8 years to initiate flowers. Once the spring flowering cycle has\u00a0begun, look for them to return and bloom annually.<\/p>\n

Keep the bed weeded and\u00a0add 1-2 inches of\u00a0an organic mulch annually; feed the area\u00a0every\u00a01 to 2 years with small amounts of an organically based fertilizer or well-rotted (seed-free)\u00a0manure. In late winter rake off\u00a0most accumulated\u00a0leaf and twig litter as it\u00a0may prohibit\u00a0trilliums from poking through. That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n

Trilliums\u00a0may take 7-8 years when started from seed to flower. You do not<\/strong>\u00a0find them for sale at\u00a0local garden center,s and\u00a0some gardeners believe that plants are expensive. This was true until 10 years ago.\u00a0New methods in propagation have reduced\u00a0the grower\u2019s production time and\u00a0plant costs. Often, plants will start blooming within 2-3 years.<\/p>\n

Two native e-commerce plant nurseries\u00a0that sell 2-year old trillium seedlings\u00a0are Sunshine Farm in Renick, WV and Sunlight Gardens in Andersonville, TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0               Trilliums (Trillium spp.)\u00a0are\u00a0the beloved native wildflower around the world. Many species are native to the U.S. Five popular U.S. species are great white trillium (T. grandiflorum), yellow trillium (T. luteum), prairie trillium (T. recurvatum), drooping trillium (T. flexipes), and\u00a0sweet Betsy\u00a0trillium (T. cuneatum). For\u00a08 months\u00a0and more, trilliums are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[674,6,665,551,627,625,843,1060,1059,630,705,1254,113,904,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8037,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions\/8037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}