Trillium lancifolium coll A2FL 013 7a the clumps are topped with

the clumps are topped with equally giant 7' tall flower spikes

This was one of the star plants at the 2000 American Hosta Convention in Minnesota

I sighted two magnificent 30' specimens of hardy windmill palms on Ridgeway Drive in Charlotte

each highlighted with a white central stripe

looking indeed like a bloody nose (late April in NC)

Trillium lancifolium coll A2FL 013 7a the clumps are topped with(aka: Trillium lancifolium A2FL 013) A botanizing highlight was tromping in the Florida panhandle with legendary native plantsman, the late Angus Gholsen in 2003. Angus took me to a very southern population of Trillium lancifolium in Gadsden County, Florida, where the leaves were heavily patterned silver and olive. Additionally, the flower petal color emerged purple, and age to chartreuse toward the tips. some plants have more red and some more