Common names: Big White Trillium
       
       Binomial name: Trillium grandiflorum
       
       Garden uses: flowers
       
       Foliage: Each plant produces only three leaves (actually bracts)
       per stem below the blossom. Leaves are almost as wide as they are
       long, smooth-edged, and come to a point.
       
       Flowers: Three-parted, one per stem. Petals are white, becoming
       streaked with pink as the blossom ages.
       
       Wisconsin native range: found throughout Wisconsin in woods and
       forests
       
       The big white trillium is another spring ephemeral plant species.
       Like all Trillium species, the above-ground parts of this plant -
       leaves, petals, and sepals - occur in threes. It spreads by
       rhizomes, often forming patches of genetically identical plants.
       
       Trilliums do best in partial shade, preferring well-drained soil
       conditions.
       
       While it is possible to propagate trilliums from seed, the seeds
       can take many years to germinate. Propagation by rhizomes is
       easier; carefully dig soil away from the rhizome after all
       above-ground parts of the plant have died back and divide, making
       sure that each rhizome section has a bud on it.
       
 (IMG) Emergent trillium
 (IMG) Trillium blossom
 (IMG) Older blossom, showing pinkish color
 (IMG) Small group of plants