Trilliums

Trilliums 

Spring Woodland Flowers. 

Four types of trilliums grow in Vermont; White trillium, Painted trillium, Nodding trillium, and Red Trillium. It takes 2 years for a trillium seed to send out its first leaf. Trillium seeds are primarily dispersed by Ants. Maroon trillium goes by many names, like Wake-robin or Stinking Benjamin.

Never pick a Trillium!
Here's why...
1. It takes 9 years after germination for a trillium to flower. 
2. Each flower yields only ONE seed pod each year. 
3. Each plant can live up to 25 years, and gains all of its nourishment for the remainder of the year during the spring when its leaves are present. 
4. Trillium are propagated by ANTS. Not bees, the wind or birds. The seeds are covered by a sweet coating, which entices the ants to carry seeds underground into their colonies. After eating the coating, the seed germinates in the perfect subterranean environment. 
Every trillium in the forest is essentially a miracle.

Red Trillium

Red Trillium

Red Trillium

White Trillium

White Trilliums 

& a Trout Lily

Red Trillium

Red Trillium

A rare mauve pink Trillium

This is what it looked like when getting ready to open.

Red Trillium

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