Purple Trillium

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 -  Tuesday, March 06, 2007
misnamed!!
Reviewed By: Stephanie Solt (Essex Junction, VT)
This plant is Trillium rivale. It's a west coast species that doesn't do well on the east coast because our summers are too hot for it. I've never seen it referred to as a purple trillium. That epithet is generally for T. erectum, an east coast species. I'm surprised to see it listed. Generally, trillium are not grown by commerical growers but dug from the wild and grown on in the nursery since it takes 3-7 years for it to attain flowering size.

 -  Thursday, March 29, 2007
purple trillium
Reviewed By: Jerry (Murray, WA)
Stephanie is correct. I contacted Gurneys some time ago to let them know that the picture is T. rivale. What they sell is T. erectum or whatever they can get from the growers - maybe even T. cuneatum, T. sessile or other eastern species. Their grandiflorum and luteum are correct to name and what they offer. I believe they offer row-run rhizomes. T. rivale would cost much more than $4.95 each.

 -  Thursday, May 27, 2010
disappointed... twice
Reviewed By: walksbeauty (Sapello, New Mexico)
Sure, the climate in New Mexico is not exactly the perfect place for Trillium but having them when I lived in Washington state I had created a woodland micro-climate they would do well in so I ordered all offered varieties. Not one thrived. I got a replacement and not one of them even came up. These seem to be very weak bareroot starts. very disappointed!


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