Re: transplant Trilliums
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- Subject: Re: transplant Trilliums
- From: L* D* <d*@newnorth.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 14:46:36 -0600 (MDT)
Hello all:
Tb season just about over. Also Sibs and Japanese. Margie wrote asking re
Trilliums. We have 1000's and they transplant quite easily IF you follow
some rules. They transplant best if they are dormant. They begin to die
down after their seed pods are ripe. Here about late July. Dig them then
while you can still identify them but their foliage is shabby. They will be
little tuber like things. They require humusy woodsy soil although heavier
soil will do. They do not like sand. They require some shade, it does not
have to be complete. Their natural habitat here is under oak and Maple
trees which leaf out in late spring. They will burn if planted in full sun
and will not increase. You can transplant them in spring when they are in
active growth but they are touchier about this. I've done it both ways and
dormant is best. You can gather seeds and plant them but they must be sown
when first collected and often will not appear for two years, then will take
a long time (years ) to bloom.
My prize is clump of double Trilliums but I have purples and yellows and, of
course, 1000's of the large white.
Lee DeJongh and Marge Smith Rhinelander WI region 2 zone 3
