Dear all; As a sole midwest voice. I grow quite a few Trilliums and some are exceptional. My favorites include T. recurvatum which grows like a weed self sowing around and popping up widely in a shady garden . The small ruby red flowers are like spring jewels held well above the foliage. T. viridescens while not a great beauty is native here and grows very well with no care at all. And it stays in tidy clumps. T pusillum ozarkanum is a TINY beauty. It is the first T. to bloom and at about 4 inches tall it needs some searching. It has spread slowly in small clumps of a few dozen plants and more self sown seedlings. Amazingly freeze and drought tolerant. The perfect white flowers fade to pink over a long bloom period. T. underwoodii and T. discolor have to get awards for their gorgeous foliage. Both are like subtle mosaics of various shades of green and maroon with an almost stained-glass-like appearance. T. underwoodii is the better grower of the two. I do like the yellows especially yellow T. luteum and others. I have a few T. luteum among the T. recurvatum where they mix very well, but in another planting of just luteum they glow in spring sun. I have another dozen or so species here and there and they mostly do well except T. grandiflorum. Really only a single plant by itself in one spot only 'thrives'*, blooms and looks 'happy'. Others in other spots mostly sulk and the double flowered form has only bloomed once in 10 years. Some are essentially curiosities like T. decumbens which just lies flat on the ground. And others are larger and healthy, but not terribhly excitiing (T. cuneatum comes to mind). I may have missed all the Trillium comments, but has no one mentioned two excellent recent books on this Genus ? Trillium by Fred and Roberta Case (Timber Press) and Trilliums in Woodlanmd and gardens: American Treasure by Don & Rob Jacobs (privately Published. Both are filed with plant-lusting color pix and extensive quantities of info. Best Jim W. * "Thrives' Here in the Trillium context is relative. T. grandiflorum at its most happy gets less than a foot tall , has one flowering stem and does not multiply. maybe 'survives' is a better word. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +