We found many many clumps nestled in the woodland fringes just off the edges of the roads. This was one of the larger. There's no detail in the following photo, but there are sure a lot of white splotches, each being a trillium.
For those who don't know here is what the trillium, Ontario's provincial flower, looks like up close. They bloom for only a short while each spring, and they're only found in less cultivated, rural areas.
There are also red trilliums, but I have never seen one in the wild. In fact, I'm not sure that I have ever seen one anywhere except in pictures. So, here's a photo that I found and stole. As far as I know it isn't copyrighted, so I don't feel too bad about the theft.
What a lovely flower. I prefer the white one though, the red one looks a bit fabricated.
ReplyDeleteRed trilliums are easy to find around here, but the whites outnumber them greatly. It was such a cold, drizzly day that we celebrated Mothers Day by going to see Star Trek!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child the forest floor around our home in Toronto, Township, each Spring the forest floor what a white carpet of Trilliums. There do not seem to be any Trilliums here in the North. I guess they are limited to the Carolinian Forest. We easily found the rare red ones. We were forbidden to pick them.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers--a fitting flower for an official provincial bloom.
ReplyDeleteDoes the name derive from the three petals--trillium=tri?
What lovely pictures ~ the flowers are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! These pictures are gorgeous!
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Gorgeous flower! AND! I had to blow up the second photo! Looks like Bigfoot was walking through the woods!!Hahaaa...hughugs
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a red trillium, although my wife tells me she has seen many down in the Rouge Valley.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! Now I need to keep a look out for the real thing!
Found and STOLE! HA! I think it's about time for me to get out into the woods, although I think our trilliums will be behind yours. Pretty photos, even the ones not lifted.
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