What is the red trillium?

Red Trillium is a permanent wild flower that has dark red flowers and is known to have an unpleasant smell. The scientific name is trillium erectum and has a number of interesting common names. It is originally from North America, where it thrives in forests. It is very slowly growing and is difficult to grow from seeds, but in the garden it is well as a transplant. Once the red trillium is determined, it is a low maintenance plant with an early flowering season. As the "TRI" in its name, Red Trillium contains parts that appear in three. It has three bright green leaves at its base, and the stem rising from the center supports a single flower. The large flower has three deep burgundy red petals surrounded by three small green seepa. Rather, the flower has a nodded appearance of not an upright.

Red Trillium has several interesting names and one of them is "stinking benjamin" with reference toA odor that was compared with a wet dog or rotting meat. Another name "Wake Robin" is more pleasant and refers to the early flowers of the plant as a sign of spring equivalent to Robin's red breast return. It is also called "birth" or "betroot" because the root was traditionally used as a help to give birth. The red trillium also had several other Indian medicinal uses, such as tea for menstrual disorders and to induce childbirth, and as a tiling for the treatment of inflammation, ulcers and tumors.

coming from North America, Red Trillium is located in Eastern Canada and the USA, which is spreading from Maine West to Michigan and south to Georgia and Alabama. It is used in shady wet forest habitats, mountains and deciduous forests. The ideal climate is the darkness with abundant collision. It does not expand much in the wild, because each flower produces only one seed, but is available for the use of the garden through transplantation.

red trillium is usually planted in the garden as a transplant,which is at least several years old. It is relatively easy to take care of it, and is often used for gardens of wild flowers or shadows and as a shaded permanent boundary. The best position is in a partial or full shadow with rich soil that holds moisture and must be regularly connected. It is difficult to grow from seeds, but can be promoted by the division at the end of summer or early autumn.