Trillium

That's exciting for you Dawn, growing a 'new' plant ... I hope they do well and that you can get the ones on your wish list.

Thanks Hywel. Yes very exciting, I should probably wait a couple of years to see how the ones do that I have

But it makes you so excited doesn't it, and then you just want to buy more :)

Great glad you have bought someDawn I ve had one for some years now which Warwick on here sent me its never flowered but yesterday I could see a flower bud forming first time ever must be the wet weather we ve had here Ill know now to keep it moist in the spring thanks to you hope you enjoy your new buys.☺

Yes Hywel! I think Lori said it can take 10 years for them to mature and so getting more now might be a god idea.
Thanks 3D, so pleased you have a flower bud, yay.

Good luck Dawn, like you I have admired them, but, never bought any, so I will just wait for yours to flower....

Thank you Dawn.

I have T. grandiflorum which grows well here in Scotland and a crimson T. chloropetalum which has a nice leaf pattern. I saw them at the Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and that is where I got my first plants from. They seem to like the climate here. Once established they flower each year.
Great plant.

I have the nodding trillium (cernuum), up in the woods...problem is they're very rare and on the endangered list here. like the grandiflorum but the flower is on a thinner stem above the brachts. the flower seems to be hanging it's head...nodding in the breeze. I found only two plants among the devastation of the pigs...last year. I'm hoping for more this year and perhaps start a small reclamation project.
another factor here may be the cold March weather you've had this year. They're a classic example of the benefits to some plants of a hard freeze.

Linda, it's the red flowering chloropetalum that I would like too.
Are yours up yet? It's good to have such exotic looking plants enjoying a cold climate. I may have to wait a few years for flowers then. They are not readily available, I keep googling.
Lori your nodding Trillium are lovely but those darn pigs, sacrilege.

Look out for T. kurabayashii - it's a stunner. I got mine from Potterton's

Stunning flowers and if you can establish them...which you clearly can in your woodland...I think they are easy and best left alone. I love them.

I love hearing about your woodland. Friends have had them in the past and we used to enjoy long, peaceful walks. Too late for us now, alas.

Have you ever thought about growing Ginseng? People in the Uk do grow this on a small scale . The trouble is a North-facing slope is preferred. It's a profitable and interesting plant ; takes time, but you mentioned a ten year "wait"!

Thanks Andrew. Brilliant, I haven’t looked at Pottertons.
Thanks Karen, we will see, maybe in ten years time.
Hi Eirlys, no never thought of Ginseng, thank you so much, I will look into x

They are fantastic plants and definitely worth having. I think a few would look great in my hosta garden. Have you seen the red one? A must have!

Yes Bathgate, stunning.

Love a success story, how exciting, I just hope we don't have to wait ten years to see some flowers Dawn, I might not be around then, talk nicely to them....

Hi Lin, I know, I'm not getting any younger! But then again, I've been on Goy for 10 years in October, no idea where that decade has gone.

Hi, a few more you may want to have a look at are; Trillium erecta, deep red - purple flowers. T albiflorum, white or pale pink, T ovatum red-green stems, musk scented pure white flowers fading to pink or red, T recurvatum, mottled mid green leaves, deep maroon, occasionally white or yellow flowers, T rivale, a dwarf species [about 5"], white or pale pink flowers, spotted purple at the base.
T undulatum, this one is a bit difficult to grow and needs a moist acid soil, commonly named the ''painted Trillium, it has pale green stems, flushed pink at the base, dark blue green leaves, white or very pale pink flowers with wavey petals, dark red 'v' shaped marks at the base, and maroon margined dark green sepals, hope this gives you more to think about, Derek.

Hi Derek, lots of food for thought. I will look into those, thank you so much!

Just seen your blog, May6th. Been to NGS garden with Dd. You should have been here to appreciate the massed T. Grandiflora, some luteums and the erectums were enormous plants.

Wow Siris, what conditions were they enjoying? Must have been great seeing them.

Woodland conditions, under large deciduous trees, high water table.

Hmmm I might stand a chance then

One month ago today it was below zero C and we had a foot of snow on the ground... Today I took a quick tour around the garden (the bugs have arrived with the warmer weather.) and found that the trilliums are starting and the lily of the valley hummock is a freise of green shoots. One month!

Amazing Lori and the resilience of the plants is amazing too.