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These are so beautiful..I’ll have to check if any growers have them over here also and do the deer bother them
These are so beautiful..I’ll have to check if any growers have them over here also and do the deer bother them
We have the Trillium here in the Redwood and Douglas fir forests of the northwest corner
of California as well. They are pretty much done blooming for this spring.
Mike
If I remember correctly Trillium was a traded commodity on the original Star Trek series.
Close. They had Trellium-D, and also trilithium. Don't remember any trillium though. Gary
The adoption of an official flower for Ontario grew out of a movement during the First World War to choose a national floral emblem appropriate for planting on the graves of Canadian servicemen overseas.
The white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), also known as the wake-robin and the white lily, was officially adopted as Ontario’s floral emblem in 1937. It was recommended by a special committee of botanists to the Ontario Horticultural Association. In a British botanical work published in 1760 there is a reference to the trilliums as “the herb True Love of Canada.”
The floral emblem of Ontario, the white trillium
Found in the forests and woodlands of Ontario, the white trillium blooms in late April and May. The blooms are very sensitive to light, and the white flowers usually bend toward the sun as it moves across the sky. Contrary to popular belief, it is not illegal to pick a white trillium in Ontario. However, picking the flower can seriously injure the plant and it can take years to recover.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-h...al-territorial-symbols-canada/ontario.html#a6
Thanks for proving that important information RC, especially the fact that it could take years for the plant to recover.
It can take a single Trillium 7 to 8 years to produce a flower.