Trillium grandiflorum (2-3 years old) - Flickr - brewbooks

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Description: Trillium grandiflorum in our garden Trillium's take about 7 years to go for seed to flowering plant. "T. grandiflorum is a slow growing plant. Its seeds require double dormancy, meaning they normally take at least two years to fully germinate. Like most species of Trillium, flowering age is determined largely by the surface of the leaf and volume of the rhizome the plant has reached instead of age alone. Because growth is very slow in nature, T. grandiflorum typically requires seven to ten years in optimal conditions to reach flowering size, which corresponds to a minimum of 36 cm2 (5.6 sq in) of leaf surface area and 2.5 cm3 (0.15 cu in) of rhizome volume." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium_grandiflorum IMG_20140412_173558_538. Date: 12 April 2014, 17:35. Source: Trillium grandiflorum (2-3 years old). Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location47° 45′ 42.29″ N, 122° 18′ 19.23″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.761746; -122.305341.