Trillium Species, American Wood Lily, Spotted Trillium, Spotted Wakerobin

I too live near Spring Island, SC and bought this plant at their native plant sale. The leaves disappear in the summer so I was thrilled ...Read Morewhen it came up this year. With our mild winter it was blooming in January. The deer left it alone for many weeks, but finally decided to try it. They did leave some leaves on my one plant. I am going to add more in the hopes that it will be at least somewhat deer resistant. The foliage is beautiful and it makes a great ground cover in the late winter and early spring. I am growing it in zone 8b.

There is a large area of wild Spotted Trillium on Spring Island, SC. They grow prolifically, due to the presence of significant calcium ...Read Morein the soil, mostly from old shells.

Is another special sessile species which grows over a wide range across central Alabama, Georgia and S Carolina. The 'maculatum' refers t...Read Moreo the leaves which can be strongly and darkly mottled. The flowers are usually relatively tall and a very clear red-maroon, lacking the brown overtones that flowers of many sessile species can have.