Trillium catesbaei
From sources, a southeastern native trillium with whorled broad leaves and pink, three-petaled flowers that nod beneath the leaves in rich woodland shade and bloom in spring.
Common Names
Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium, Rosy Wake-Robin
Summary
Trillium catesbaei is a woodland perennial native to the Southeastern United States, it grows about 8–20 inches tall and 10–12 inches wide, with three glossy green leaves in a whorl and a nodding pink flower with three sickle-shaped petals and prominent golden-yellow anthers on a purple-tinged stem, the flower sits beneath the leaves on a recurved pedicel creating a distinctive, shy display in spring, it prefers mostly sun to shade with evenly moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil and is hardy in USDA zones 4a–9b, propagation is by division after flowering or by seed sown in pots in a shady cold frame (flowering may take several years), suited to woodland or shade gardens, cottage borders, and underplanting of taller shrubs, with occasional pests including aphids, slugs, and snails, and general disease resistance
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
8-18 inches
Spread
10-12 inches
Hardiness Zones
Zones 4a-9b
Sunlight Requirements
Ideally partial shade, tolerates full shade
Soil Type
Humus-rich, well-drained, acidic soil.
Soil Drainage
Well-drained soil
Soil pH
Acidic soil, pH below 6.0
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Time
Spring
Foliage Color
Green
Fall Foliage Color
Green
Leaf Lifecycle
Deciduous
Growth Rate
Slow
Seasons of Interest
Spring and Summer
Propagation Methods
Seeds, Division
Attracts Wildlife
Attracts bees and moths
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- Elliott
- Publication
- Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 429 (1817)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
Synonyms
Trillium stylosum Trillium affine Trillium balduinianum Trillium nervosum Trillium declinatum Delostylis stylosum Delostylis cernuum