Schmidlin Angus Farms

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In the GardenIn the Woods

Now Spotting Trilliums

Susan Schmidlin ,

A white trillium flower starting to form.On the way to feeding the main herd, trilliums can now be spotted dotting the woods with distinctive white blossoms and three-lobed green leaves.

People in the valley have been seeing trilliums for two weeks already and I was beginning to worry that we would not have a crop of the woodland native.

Trilliums are sensitive to conditions around them and pop up beneath tall firs and thick understory. A white trillium flower in bloom with distintictive green leaves.The plants die down completely after blooming. The blooms last several weeks before turning from a brilliant white to a soft magenta color before dying back, not to be seen again until spring next year.