What: Trillium sessile, commonly called toadshade or sessile-flowered wakerobin, is easy to grow. It emerges in spring from the soil with leaves that are mottled chocolate, green and mint in color.

WHAT: You may have seen this sweet native wildflower, coast trillium, when hiking in Northwest forests, where it pops up intermittently. It produces white flowers with three overlapping petals with ...

In my last article, I shared my affection for bloodroot and boldly claimed that “among the myriad of spring blooms, few thrill me as much as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis).” That sentiment was ...

The simple spring flower of Trillium ovatum speaks volumes to Pacific Northwesterners, whether they hike or garden. Pure white flowers age to pink above a collar of sepals (leaflike structures); below ...

I’ll have to admit that this past winter has not been so bad here in the midlands. It hasn’t gotten real cold (except this past weekend…I consider 25° F “real cold”), and there has been barely any ...