Dear Cathay,

I assume that you've harvested your trillium seeds by now. They need to be direct sown or stored in moist soil if you want to trade them. You could bring them to trade at a late summer exchange or bring them to the fall Green Elephant.

Mine started to germinate in November, having been stored in moist compost in my garage all summer. I experienced zero germination from seed allowed to dry out. Now I just direct sow them and hope for the best.

On a similar note, yesterday a friend and I dug and divided some 40 year old clumps of trilliums. After dividing the corms we transplante over 100 into the church's memorial garden. They are going to put on a beautiful show there forever.

Cheers,

Jim Eichner

Here is a link that might be useful: Fall Green Elephant Plant Swap and Winter Seed Sowing Extravaganza

Jim,
Will Trillium survive in more than partial sun?

Balraj