
Large Flowered Trillium
- Botanical Name
- Trillium grandiflorum
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 12 to 18 inches
- Width
- 9 to 12 inches
- Flowers
- Spring: 3 white reflexed petals become pink tinged with age
- Fruit
- Berry-like capsules
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, organically rich
- Planting & Care
- An early fall planting is best to allow for the roots to establish, thus giving it a stronger start in spring
- Does not propagate well from seed
- Will gradually spread in optimal conditions by rhizomes if left undisturbed
- Benefits from a layer of shredded leaves in fall
- Foliage dies back by late summer, earlier with dry soils
- Seeds are spread by ants
- Varieties
Flore Pleno - double flowering variety
Trillium grandiflorum var. roseum - pink flowers
T. grandiflorum var. pumilum - dwarf variety, 8-12", white flowers
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