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Common names: Big White Trillium |
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Binomial name: Trillium grandiflorum |
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Garden uses: flowers |
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Foliage: Each plant produces only three leaves (actually bracts) |
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per stem below the blossom. Leaves are almost as wide as they are |
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long, smooth-edged, and come to a point. |
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Flowers: Three-parted, one per stem. Petals are white, becoming |
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streaked with pink as the blossom ages. |
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Wisconsin native range: found throughout Wisconsin in woods and |
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forests |
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The big white trillium is another spring ephemeral plant species. |
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Like all Trillium species, the above-ground parts of this plant - |
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leaves, petals, and sepals - occur in threes. It spreads by |
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rhizomes, often forming patches of genetically identical plants. |
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Trilliums do best in partial shade, preferring well-drained soil |
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conditions. |
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While it is possible to propagate trilliums from seed, the seeds |
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can take many years to germinate. Propagation by rhizomes is |
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easier; carefully dig soil away from the rhizome after all |
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above-ground parts of the plant have died back and divide, making |
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sure that each rhizome section has a bud on it. |
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Emergent trillium |
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Trillium blossom |
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Older blossom, showing pinkish color |
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Small group of plants |
