Genus: Trillium

It is amazing what our eyes do not see... stuff is there ....it just blends in and we don't see it till it decides to advertise with a blossom. lol. think I'll see what I can find on google... maybe they dont emerge, they exist underground for seven years then send up a blossom...?? looked briefly at the Wikipedia... It is a rhizome...the three green brachts are its food source and if picked it kills the rhizome hence the laws against picking it. By what Wiki says, ants are prominent purveyers of the seed...lol. so your ants have planted them and the seed became a rhizome and after seven years it flowered!!

No chance of it hiding Lori, it was out in the open for all to see. That's a good question. I understand that it takes 7 years so........???? Maybe a squirrel or something dug it up and replanted it here?? Very interesting. I've found other trilliums that suddenly appeared (blooms and all) too.

lovely...but doesn't it take seven years for them to bloom? He must have been hiding in your hostas the whole time!!lol.

That's for sure !~ I find something new every single year !

Gotta love the gifts the little birdies leave!!

I never water them, they are mostly in the shade with some morning sun. I have read that if you pick a bloom, you kill the plant. This is good information as I share my garden with 2 little boys and lots of visiting kids.

I love these plants, always mean to get some. do they need much moisture ?

I've just spotted the leaves of the first Trillium I've grown, I just hope in a few years it looks this good!

I believe trillium grandiflora (wake robin).

I would love to have Trilliums in my garden.

What a super healthy plant! Lovely.

We planted some of these last autumn but there is no sign of them as yet, so I don't know if they are making it. So mysteriously beautiful looking.

Very Good of the Ant2drop that seed there4u Di :D

HI~ Any idea what this particular plant is called? It's Fab!