Trillium ludovicianum Caldwell Silver Olea and caterpillars

and caterpillars

Good drainage is the key

joe pye weed-like stalks that branch toward the top

topped in mid-April (NC) with purple petals

and the same goes for the 3 sepals

Trillium ludovicianum Caldwell Silver Olea and caterpillarsTrillium ludovicianum 'Caldwell Silver' is our 2023 introduction of a new seed strain, derived from a single stem of a solid silver leaf clone of Trillium ludovicianum we collected in Louisiana's Caldwell Parish in 2004. Our offering are all flowering size seed grown plants, maturing around 10" tall, with solid silver leaves, topped, starting for us in early March with sessile dark purple petals. It's taken us 17 years to produce enough to offer, so