Trillium ovatum
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Size at maturity: 4-18", 6-24" wide
- Canopy layer: groundcover
- Light requirements: full shade, part-sun/part-shade
- Moisture requirements: moist soil
- Special features: medicinal
Western Trillium is a well-known woodland flower celebrated every year at Tryon Creek's Trillium Festival. Bulbs produce a bright triplet of leaves with white flower above announcing spring, flowers turning purple to brown in summer. Normally long-lived plant forming a clump as it ages, but often perishes if flowers are picked - admire this flower in nature, not in a vase! Needs soil rich with organic matter, recommend planting alongside decomposing forest wood.
Photo Credit 1 & 3: Tara Lemezis
Photo Credit 2: Tracy Cozine