They are Trilliums, Louise. woodland bulbs from America.

Really ????
Now how would this have got here because i haven't planted any !
I know i'm a bit forgetful sometimes but this is a real puzzle !!!

Is it usual for them to change colour like this ?

You must have planted at some point Louise or inherited as those are established plants. Yes it is usual for the petals to change colour as the flower ages in some varieties.

this is so unfair Louise1. Spritz and I bought lots back in Dec and of my 20 only 3 have put up any leaf. this is a lovely plant.

I've been puzzling over this and 'i' must have bought it because this was a grass only garden when i moved here.
Is there any way of knowing or guessing which trillium it might be .... i'd like to read-up on it !

Seaburn, you've popped up whilst i've been writing !
Isn't it queer ? !
Are they known to be difficult then ..... is this a mature plant .... are they slow growers ?

Looks like T. grandiflorum. they like dappled shade in well drained but moist soil. They are easy where they like it, if you see what I mean.

They're on my wishlist - lucky you! :-)

Thanks everyone, i've looked these up and they're lovely .... i'm glad i've got it !

I was thinking Trillium ovatum, Owdboggy, with those narrow petals? Nothing to fall out about though, they are all lovely.

Yes, possibly, but I was not sure if T, ovatum did the going to pink thing as the flower fades. In the Case's book on Trilliums they do say that there are forms of both which look more like each other than they do the species. So you can have Tg. which look like T ovatum and vice versa.

what ever it is I am still green with envy . Trilliums are also called 'wake robin' does that jog any memories of planting Louise?

None at all, Seaburn !
It's a complete mystery :-/

Ah well lucky Louise!

Thanks Mg :-)
The info i read on them says they hate to be crowded and will 'disappear', however, it also said they rarely survive root disturbance so .... whereas i thought i'd move it to somewhere less crowded i'm now loathed too.
What are your thoughts now folks ?

It is happy and flowering - leave well alone!

Lol, okay !

i'd leave well alone too and perhaps move some of its neighbours.

Right, thanks :-)

Why move any of it if it is happy?

like the new avatar louise.

Mg, only because of what i read ..... "it won't compete in an overcrowded position... and will just disappear" ..... and it's definately crowded :-/

Thanks Seaburn ;-)

I've never noticed our trilliums minded being tucked up together - remember the plants don't read books!

Indeed !
I'll leave them be :-)