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as long as you take enough of the surrounding soil with the corms or bulbs or whatever they are, and then put them into a spot where they are happy, that mimics the woodland setting they came from. My father used to do this with great success (before the ban, I hasten to add!). But there is really no need to take them from the wild any longer, since, as several people have pointed out, they are widely available in nurseries specializing in wild plants.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Smoodgie [/i]
[B]....to transplant trilliums that are growing in the wild (at least in Ontario). And from what I understand, they're very fragile plants and aren't likely to survive if you do try to sneak them out of the forest ;)
My local nursery was selling them this spring for $7 per 4 inch pot.
bev lewis
some nurseries are now carrying trilliums in pots for replanting. I know Botonix near me has them.
Lucky you!
there is a good article here http://www.nwplants.com/plants/perennials/trillium/
that has lots of information on them. The usual way to propagate them is from seed, but you can also do it by playing aorund with the rhizomes. Personally, I would try seeding. The article also talks aobut more general "care-and-feeding", including fertilizing (if they are in a good woodland habitat, he says not needed, but you could use a good all-round fertilizer if you wanted I think -- also compost would be good to add in the spring).
The title of this post immediately caught my eye. I bought an older home a couple of years ago and started gardening for the first time. This will be my third summer. When I bought the house, I discovered one trillium (which bloomed) in the very back of my yard under a small evergreen (some kind of pine). Now, I've got 5 of them, but only one has bloomed. I pretty much leave them alone (except to water them), but would love to have many more. How can I help them along? I'm not looking to transplant them or anything. It's a bright spot in the garden -- I'd just like more! They are so beautiful!
Any advice? Thanks!
good luck I hope you have success as they are beautiful.
with them, Kelly. Just try and take as much soil as you can, and dig them into a nice big hole in the shade, and water them well once they are moved to help them establish their roots -- keep them moist without drowning them. Actually, any time after they are finished blooming should work - you just might want to watch the air temperature and, if it is really hot, leave them for a bit, if you can.
Hi - Thanks for the links. These people transplanted and didn't seem to have any problems. The property I am taking them from is the property I grew up on and they are putting a beautiful corey in...tearing down the house my father built. It was littered with trilliums and moss so I would like to take them with me. I'll let you know how it goes. One of the sites says late summer is the best time.
Thanks!
If you "google" you can find lots of horticultural sources for trilliums - all the different kinds. One is this one, that also has other Ontario wildflowers available: http://www.wildflowers.reach.net/
It is (or was) illegal to pick the flowers. This is because the plants die without the flowers left in place on the bulb/root. Also (they say) because of the fate of Ontario's previous provincial flower, trailing arbutus, which became endangered after being named the provincial flower and sought for gardens and bouquets!!
However, trilliums do transplant reasonably well, provided you take enough soil with the bulb and put them in a moist shady environment - city gardens are often too dry, especially in the southern part of Ontario. Years ago, my Dad very successfully established a bed of them in our yard in Ottawa under a couple of maple trees - the source was a woods behind our house that was up for residential development, so they would have been destroyed anyhow. But if I wanted them now, I would buy them from a reputable grower.
it is illigal to move plants from the woods in most provinces. I did try moving trilliums at our cottage from one place to another on the same piece of land in early spring and they died.
http://www.devonian.ualberta.ca/pwatch/whittr01.htm
http://altnature.com/gallery/Trilliums.htm
....to transplant trilliums that are growing in the wild (at least in Ontario). And from what I understand, they're very fragile plants and aren't likely to survive if you do try to sneak them out of the forest ;)
I'm bored at work -- I'll see if I can find any info for you on the Net....