Red Trillium: Plant description & Propagation

                                      Red Trillium

One of the most famous members of the famous Trillium family, the Red (or Purple) Trillium is also known as Wake Robin. This beautiful wildflower is one of the easiest Trilliums to grow, since it is tolerant of acid or alkaline soils. The  blooms are up to 4 in. across, and held high above the leaves on upright plants to 16 in. tall.The foliage is slender green stalk with three large connected leaves. Blossoms leave a berry-like fruit. The flower has sometimes lemon flovour scent.Some parts of the plants are  poisonous or  toxic to the animals if ingested.

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Common Name :Wake Robin, Stinking Benjamin, Purple Trillium

Botanical Name :Trillium erectum 

Flower Color : Red

Flower Size : 1-2" flowers 

Foliage Color : Green

Mature Height : 6-18" tall

Light Requirements : Half Sun / Half Shade, Full Shade

Soil Type : Loamy Soil, Moist/Wet Soil

Advantages : Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Fragrant, Native, Multiplies / Naturalizes

Propagation:

Trillium plants are propagated from seed. Trilliums such as The Great White spread very slowly by underground root stocks, and the seed produced creates new plants even more slowly. From a planted seed, it takes approximately five to nine years for a Trillium grandiflorum plant (the Great White Trillium) to bloom. So when you see a massive drift of these in spring,  looking at a bunch of plants that are at least a decade old, probably much older.