Trillium chloropetalum
(Wood Lily)
Family - Melianthiaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - California, USA
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 40cm
Width - 20cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A clump-forming Perennial with three ovate to rounded leaves held in a whorl at the top of each stem. The leaves are dark green with maroon to brown mottling. Fragrant, cup-shaped flowers have three narrow, upright, green sepals and three upright petals that can either be white or maroon. The flowers are produced from early to mid-spring. The specimen at Malverleys has maroon flowers.
Additional common names include - Trinity Flower, Giant Trillium, Wake Robin
Flower:
Fragrant, cup-shaped flowers have three, upright narrow petals and three green, upright sepals. The petals can be maroon or white. The flowers are produced one per stem in March and April.
Flower colour: Maroon or white
Flower shape: Solitary, cup-shaped flowers
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Three ovate to rounded leaves are held in a whorl at the top of each stem. The leaves are dark green with maroon to brown mottling.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to rounded
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained. Trillium will perform best in a soil that is neutral to acidic.