Trillium not eaten, what a surprise!
Taking a stroll around the garden I notice that my Trillium sessile is still flowering.
Trillium sessile
It has deep red flowers and lovely bluey green leaves with dark blotches. I rarely get more than one flower because the plant is always decimated by snails and slugs. Perhaps last year’s cold winter has killed off many of these pests. There are certainly very few around when it rains. Usually they are out in force and my walk down the garden paths is accompanied by yukky crunching sounds….Eeuwwww!
Trillium sessile, close up
I find it slightly odd that the flower never seems to open wider. The petals always remain vertical as in the picture below. It is a beautiful plant and I am pleased it has stayed undamaged. This is the only Trillium I seem able to grow which makes it even more precious. They are woodland plants and my light and stony soil does not suit them.
Trillium sessile, fully open
BTW: I’ve been away for a few days so apologies for not blogging or commenting recently.
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This is definately on my wishlist having seen some in a garden last weekend – I have exactly the right spot for it as well. Hope to get one at the malvern spring show in May
Helen: I must see if there are other varieties that cope with my less than ideal conditions. A white one of some kind would be nice.
It is beautiful-and good riddance to the slugs and snails.
Tina: Easier said than done. I expect mine are simply hiding and will emerge to devastate the garden at some point!
So glad you left a message just now.
I knew I liked your blog, but had forgotten the address. (Now bookmarked :-)
Who needs C. macropetella, if you can grow morning glory and trillium ?
We spent the day in Wisley yesterday, and the trilliums were numerous.
So was everything else: very tiring on the eye and the emotions, I am worn out after all that beauty.
Snails still reign in Oxon.
Horrific damage every morning.
They obviously thrive on cold winters.
jo
Jo: Thanks for the bookmark. Oxfordshire snails are obviously tougher!
Just found that I took a picture of those sitting down trilliums at Wisley yesterday. Take a look. That ought to make you hot-foot it down to Surrey if no other plant will.
jo
Great trillium. I just witnessed the trillium stampede at our local native plant sale this weekend. People did literally run for the trilliums, and woe to anyone who got in the way.
What a beauty and such an attractive colour. Sadly molluscs were out and about at my allotment this morning but I treated my plot neighbour’s chickens to lunch :)
I love trilliums but have never grown them, I hear they are very picky. Saw some red ones recently but they were darker, maybe a different variety? I’ll have to go back and look at my photos to see if they were open or upright. Lovely, yours!
What a pretty color and I love the variegated foliage. I just planted a trillium this spring in the garden. :)
Racquel: I hope it does well for you :-)
They are very special, aren’t they? Carol Klein was raving about them on GW recently too. Glad to see that they haven’t been eaten so you can enjoy them to your gardener’s heart’s content.
What a pretty plant! And I hope it stays safe from molluscs. Now that the rains are here, the snails are out here too. I’m on the lookout for these marauders! Love the colour of the bloom!
Kanak: Good luck with the mollusc hunting!
Darn, keep seeing plants I’ve never seen before.
Your trillium sessile is stunning !
Patsi: Thanks – I do agree :-)
I love this trillium. We have a sessile here, but it isn’t as brilliant a red and the petals do open a bit…This dry garden has few snails and slugs. One reason I don’t mind the dry! gail
I have the same trilium and puzzle over the same thing: Why don’t the petals fully open? Also, in later spring I see little flies that just love to congregate on the burgundy bloom. I have white ones too and they always open wide and grow very tall and lanky by June.
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