First Try With Trilliums

[Nyboy]

Last night at supermarket I picked up Red Wake robin Trillium. I have never tried to grow them. Are they hard to grow, this one is bare rooted. Some thing always stopped me from tiring them. Do they transplant well? Box said they are bog plants so going to plant by pond.

 

[thistlebloom]

Easy. Mine are just planted in a perennial bed. I have transplanted them and they didn't skip a beat.
My mom transplanted a few from the woods and hers did well too.

 

[catjac1975]

Man, NNYB, I wish you lived near me. You are and easy mark for a pretty face. I thin Trillium are for deep shade.

 

[ninnymary]

Nyboy, you need to work on having some will power. You pick up things that you have no idea if they will do well in your area, haha. I would love to go garage sale shopping with you some day. But then, I'm afraid you and I would like the same thing and it would become a competition as to who gets to it first!

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

Now, I am interested. I thought that hostas would work well on the north side of my house, where only rye grass grows under the shady, established pine trees. It is truly a full shade bed. Except... my neighbor right across the street, thinned out her hostas, which have multiplied so much she had to do this. They grow like crazy for her, same soil as mine, NOT amended like mine is most beds, but NOT this bed. The only difference is partial sun. My new hostas are going to go north of the garage, where the beds get 3 hours of sun daily.
I am looking for full shade flowers. I like the purple prairie trillium. I think I'm gonna see about buying some.
Incidentally, I have to thin out my lily of the valley's which have been spreading out the bed. I put a few right next to the garage and they have multiplied.

 

[so lucky]

Trilliums are easy to grow, and do well in shade, but I don't know how they would do in really deep shade. Mine grow on the north side of the house, with bluebells, wild flocks (sweet William), columbine and bleeding heart. Oh, and a million lily of the valley. Oh, and hosta and fern. It all sounds prettier than it really is. That darned snow-on-the-mountain tries to take over every year.

 

[thistlebloom]

Nyboy, you need to work on having some will power. You pick up things that you have no idea if they will do well in your area, haha. I would love to go garage sale shopping with you some day. But then, I'm afraid you and I would like the same thing and it would become a competition as to who gets to it first!

Mary

Yeah, @Nyboy, you'd have to keep an eagle eye on that little Mary...she's pretty athletic. She could probably jump a table to beat you out of a garage sale treasure.

 

[Smart Red]

Trilliums are easy-peasy to grow. Not always easy to get started -- or so it would seem for me. I have them growing in deep shade, morning sun, and dappled shade and they do well in every site. Yes, they may be considered bog plants, but semi-damp woods works just as well.

However, there most always has to be a however with me, I purchased and planted a lovely white trillium one year. The following year nothing came up. Figuring they didn't survive, I planted a yellow trillium in the empty spot. The second spring I found the white trillium and yellow trillium growing together.

I know the white failed to show. I never expected it would take a year of rest before growing. Just so you know, don't be too quick to decide your trilliums have failed. They may just be getting acclimatized to your property.

 

[ninnymary]

Yeah, @Nyboy, you'd have to keep an eagle eye on that little Mary...she's pretty athletic. She could probably jump a table to beat you out of a garage sale treasure.

Falling off my chair laughing! Haha You're darn right! Look out Nyboy, here I come!

Mary

 

[Carol Dee]

Yeah, @Nyboy, you'd have to keep an eagle eye on that little Mary...she's pretty athletic. She could probably jump a table to beat you out of a garage sale treasure.