Anyone acquainted with the flowers of the woodland floor holds the trillium in the highest regard. So esteemed are these interesting plants that some years ago, when American naturalists were asked to name the showiest herbs on this continent, the great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) ranked sixth in a list of 1080 different plants. It … Read more
Trillium cernuum, the nodding trillium, is a comparatively tall sort, growing to the size of the snow trillium, but with a much smaller white flower that droops and is often hidden below the three broad green leaves. It is particularly fond of sandy, acid soils and may be found in the neighborhood of scrub pines … Read more
Whenever I think of trilliums, I recalled a spring day more than 20 years ago. I was traveling across Vermont and stopped at a train cross. Just as I began to pull away, I happened to look across the car to the fields on the opposite side, and in an instant, I hit the brakes. … Read more