Trillium Species, American Wood Lily, Yellow Toadshade, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin

This is probably the easiest trillium to grow and will naturalize through much of the country. Here in zone 7a (the southernmost area of ...Read Moreit's natural population), it appears in mid-March and is usually gone by July 1 with a short bloom season in April.

The yellow flowers add a bright note to the garden and have a lemon smell. I like to plant trilliums with ferns to fill the bed before the ferns emerge.

Trilliums like moist soil but sharp drainage and are found on shaded hillsides in nature.

Seeds must be planted fresh to produce a seedling the following spring. Allowing the seed to dry out will delay germination by a year and germination rates will decline. First year seedlings resemble blades of grass, second year seedlings have a broader almost heart-shaped leaf, and the third year seedling will be a small, three-leaved plant. It may take 7 or more years to have a flowering plant.

One of the last trilliums to bloom in this part of the country. The yellow sepals and petals remain for weeks, giving the impression tha...Read Moret it is in bloom for a very long period.

As soon as the seed is ripe, the plant goes dormant.

Foliage is mottled with silver and white.