The red trilliums are blooming near my house. Do these have another name? I was thinking Sweet Betsy, but I think those are the yellow ones. I love searching the woods for the trilliums, one of my favorite flowers.
Posted by Thomas Biggs on March 19, 2007 at 10:48 PM
wont be long now!!
Posted by Richard Wong on March 20, 2007 at 10:00 PM
Nice, I don't think I've ever seen a trillium. The closest thing I'll see to wildflowers this year is at the garden.
Posted by Bernie Kasper on March 20, 2007 at 10:12 PM
Hey Alice, I think they also call these toadshade, at least up here they do and I think I have heard the term wakerobin as well. Hopefully I will be down in the Smokies for a couple long weekends in April to shoot some wildflowers if you have any advice or tips it sure would be helpful.
Alice what you're got here is Trillium cuneatum. There is trillium simlilar to this that grows nearly flat to the ground (Trillium decumbens) which you can find at Joyce Kilmer in mid April.
Also, for folks in the Asheville, NC area interested in photography and native wildflowers, our region's secret weapon of plant identification and plant photography is a man named Jay Kranyik. He is without a doubt the finest wildflower photographer I have ever met and an unending well of knowledge about native plant and plant communities. He is also the head of horticulture at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville on Weaver Blvd near UNCA.
If you've photographed a plant you can't identify, he's the man to tell you what it is! He's been my source of knowledge and inspiration for many years.
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4 repliesAlso, for folks in the Asheville, NC area interested in photography and native wildflowers, our region's secret weapon of plant identification and plant photography is a man named Jay Kranyik. He is without a doubt the finest wildflower photographer I have ever met and an unending well of knowledge about native plant and plant communities. He is also the head of horticulture at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville on Weaver Blvd near UNCA.
If you've photographed a plant you can't identify, he's the man to tell you what it is! He's been my source of knowledge and inspiration for many years.