toadshade

Also known as: sessile trillium; wake robin

A perennial to 30cm, producing whorls of broad, stalkless, deep green leaves marked with pale, silvery green and bronze-maroon. Stalkless, upright, red-maroon flowers appear in the centre of the leaves in late spring

Scientific classification

Species: toadshade (Trillium sessile)
Genus: Trillium
Family: Melanthiaceae

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Toxicity: Herbaceous Perennial
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Columnar upright
Habit: Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full shade · Partial shade
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Distribution of toadshade

Distribution map

E and Northern USA

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of toadshade

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toadshade care guide

Even mild woodland soil moisture, avoid prolonged waterlogging
Watering: Full shade · Partial shade
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Watering

Even mild woodland soil moisture, avoid prolonged waterlogging

Fertilizing

Diluted woodland wildflower feed every four weeks spring and summer

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by seed in pots in a shady cold frame as soon as seed is ripe; takes 5-7 years to reach flowering size. Propagate rhizomes by division after flowering or cut out the growing point from the rhizome after flowering, which stimulates the formation of offsets

Growing

Grow in deep, moist but well-drained, humus-rich, preferably acid to neutral soil in deep or partial shade. Mulch in autumn with leaf mould. See trillium cultivation

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