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  • TRILLIUM recurvatum
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    TRILLIUM recurvatum

    Commonly known as Wake robin, Wood lily

    Dwarf growing, deep maroon
     
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    • Good to know
      Woodlander with flowers rising from 3 leaves. Flower has 3 sepals and 3 inner petals
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs and snails on new leaves
    • Place of origin
      Eastern USA
    • Deciduous
      Lance-shaped to elliptic, mottled, mid-green leaves to 8cm (3in) long, tapering to short stalks.
    • Brown or black
    • Red
      Deep maroon
    • Border
      Suitable for a damp, shady border
    • Cottage garden
    • Woodland garden
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      40cm (16in)
    • Spread
      30cm (12in)
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Upright, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial. Produces flowers with lance-shaped petals to 5cm (2in) long and strongly recurving green sepals
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Spring Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Deep, humus-rich. Mulch with leaf mould in autumn.
    • Neutral to acid soil
    • Full shade
    • Partial shade
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      40cm (16in)
      bulb/corm - guide for size not form Hand Trowel
        30cm (12in)
       
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