Trillium 2011

Luckily we have no ants on our property Rick.

A few more...

T.cuneatum --sown July 06 -- unfortunately the pic doesn't show how very short these plants are --(the blurred T.chloro in the background distorts the scale).

Trillium rivale close up.

Yellow T.angustipetalum is about to open with petals that seem unusually long this season ?.....

Cheers Dave

Dave, I said it before and I'll say it again...you grow some wonderful Trilliums.

Love the yellow T. angustifolium.

Has the yellow chloro with the red throat opened already? Must be wonderful with those stunning leaves! No forms like that available over here (yet)  :(  :'(

Thanks Wim for the kind comments.
The 'lemon' T. hasn't opened fully yet ,(it's in one of the shadiest beds) .Will 'post' when it's at its best.

I only cultivate a small number of the wonderful coloured forms of T.chloro and other Western sps grown here in NZ.
The NZ Trillium Group have their annual weekend in 4 weeks time - hopefully I'll be able to show you some bright yellows , bronze and unusual combinations.

My focus continues to be on the later sps such as sulcatum , erectum, flexipes etc as i consider there is great potential there, (and these sps, in my garden ,do not appear to be affected by fungus that attacks the westerners ).

Cheers Dave.  

Toole wrote:

The 'lemon' T. hasn't opened fully yet ,(it's in one of the shadiest beds) .Will 'post' when it's at its best.

...hopefully I'll be able to show you some bright yellows , bronze and unusual combinations.

I'm looking forward to it  :) :)

IMYoung wrote:

Super Trilliums, t00lie, looking very good.

Thanks Maggi,(i presume  :) )---They have looked better--a number of plants have foliage damage .I'm hoping the later ones just coming into growth are an improvement.

Rick ,here's another T.rivale ,raised from seed sent to me a few years ago from a generous forumist in Ireland.

Another T.rivale full of promise--deep pink in the bud.

The leaf pattern of T.luteum is reason alone to cultivate it.

Cheers Dave.

Hope you all don't mind but here's a few more for Mark ..... ;D showing some more colour variations ...

A bright yellow.

Pale lemon, maroon throat and veining.

Off white, strong coloured throat fading well up the petals.

Pink base,yellow mid region topped off with white. ----Close up.

Cheers Dave.

Ah!, the touch of a master ;D

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Some more different T.rivales .

Narrow petaled spotted white.

Trough view of a clump of large white.

Yummy pink.

Cheers Dave.

Just dropping in to brag about my garden tour at Daves yesterday . Caught him with his camera out  ;D

A beautiful woodland garden in the middle of a forest . He even suffers from excessive seed tray syndrome like the rest of us :)

Jandals wrote:

Just dropping in to brag about my garden tour at Daves yesterday . Caught him with his camera out  ;D

A beautiful woodland garden in the middle of a forest . He even suffers from excessive seed tray syndrome like the rest of us :)

We enjoyed your company Steve.In view of all the slipping and sliding in your jandals you'll be pleased to see i've just graveled the back paths..... ;D

Hoy wrote:

I have been reluctant to look at this thread for a while - I know some of you grow trilliums that I never have managed :(  Today I couldn't resist the desire anymore. . . Marvellous, Dave!)
However I have started afresh and bought some rhizomes and got some seed ;D
Hopefully I can manage the slugs >:(

Thanks Hoy

Seed isn't difficult ..it's the waiting !!...... :D.Best of luck.

Just a few more ! :rolleyes:

Some of the various sized seed trays with current germination.

Graveled paths.

T. angustipetalum brown.

T. erectum luteum

and close up.

3 sps not yet flowering but full of promise...

Hopefully first flowering of T discolor

and the same for T.sessile.

A nicely veined form of T rivale.

First flowering of a seedling with a thick look to it's petals and the colouring isn't too bad either. ;)

Cheers Dave.

Oops

View of metaled paths.

Cheers Dave.

Haven't been able to post as i let my dues to the NARGS lapse --my fault  :-[ however that's all sorted now  ;D .
A number of the easterners are out so here's a mix of erectums ,sulcatums and flexipes and a few others.

Cheers Dave.

more  :D

Last lot.

Cheers Dave.

Thanks Rick

Still a number of others yet to open fully including the double white T.grandiflorums.

The plant in the left foreground is of a Erythronium seedling--revolutum i think .

The Erythronium in the box is E.citrinium .

For more Trillium viewing  :rolleyes: :rolleyes: here's a link to the recent Trillium weekend in NZ.

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7750.0

Cheers Dave.

Toole wrote:

In view of all the slipping and sliding in your jandals you'll be pleased to see i've just graveled the back paths.....

Thanks for that . Ever so embarrassing getting stuck ( or unexpectedly sitting ) whilst viewing a garden .  :)

Thanks Hoy .

T.grandiflorum clump followed by a close up.

Seed raised from T. grandiflorum roseum ,although showing dark stems, unfortunately blooms are white . :(

T.grandiflorum flore pleno earlier on showing the yellow center before this starts to fade as the bloom matures.

Close up.

A few more others ........

Cheers Dave.

Last lot.

Thanks Rick,Hoy and Amy

A year or so ago i moved a number of strong erectums , flexipes and sulcatums ,from around the garden and planted them into a bed together in the hope the pollinators would do their thing and I'd end up with some interesting colour combinations.Obviously it will be awhile before i see the results of that experiment.

However in the meantime i am pleasantly surprised each season when seedlings sown from various sources ,flower for the first time  --here's one i found today --nice purplish edging to the petal.

Cheers Dave
PS Rick --just noticed today the Podophyllum you commented on earlier is forming flowers  ;D

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author=RickR link=topic=631.msg11787#msg11787 date=1318901782

..... below the exquisitely painted Podophyllum ........

The Podophyllum in question is P.Kaleidoscope and currently at it's peak .Yummy ... :P

Hopefully i can locate seed of other sps and hybrids because the ones i do have here love the conditions .

Cheers Dave.

RickR wrote:

Beautiful, Dave.

And isn't that an exceptional number of flowers for a Podophyllum?

Thanks Rick --

i have no experience with this one ,(this is it's first flowering).......however i understand some plants can have up to 20 flowers ------maybe next year ! ;D

AmyO wrote:

I've been lusting after that Podophyllum or P. 'Spotty Dotty' for so long!! Anyone know where I can get my hands on either plants or seed?

Hello Amy
if it sets seed i'd be happy to send you some fresh.

Just P.M. me with your snail mail details if interested .

Cheers Dave.

AmyO wrote:

McDonough wrote:

AmyO wrote:

I've been lusting after that Podophyllum or P. 'Spotty Dotty' for so long!! Anyone know where I can get my hands on either plants or seed?

Here's one resource found after a quick google check:
http://www.heronswood.com/new-for-2012/podophyllum-spotty-dotty-ppaf/

thanks for that Mark but as feared, they are unavailable!  :-\
I'll keep checking tho'. I will not give up!! :D

I can try to send you one
just PM me

Roland