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Trillium pusillum 'Roadrunner'
Eastern Dwarf Wake-robin
Plant Type:
SHADE PERENNIALSTrillium pusillum 'Roadrunner' - is a vibrant form of Eastern Dwarf Wake-robin. Striking and unusual new foliage is a dusky blackish green. The dark leaves act as gorgeous foil for the pristine 3-petaled pale pink to white flowers with lightly undulating edges and showy yellow anthers. Spring blooming. Dormant by middle-late summer. Open shade to morning sun in fertile, draining woodland soil. Division. Trillium may arrive bare root or potted.
Characteristics and Attributes for Trillium pusillum 'Roadrunner'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Shade
- Dappled Shade
Attributes
- Massing
- Rock Garden
- Specimen
- Woodland
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Draining
- Fertile
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Bare Root
- Division
Genus Overview: Trillium
Common Name: Toadshade
Trillium is a magnificent woodland genus; most of the 49 taxa (49 according to Don Jacobs whose authority I accept) grace us with their presence right here in North America, a handful in East Asia and nowhere else. They are spring bloomers with many becoming dormant by midsummer. Their structure is basic, this from “American Treasures” by Don L. Jacobs and Rob L. Jacobs: “Adult individuals produce no basal foliage, only a whorl of 3 leaves at the stem summit. Furthermore, all floral parts are in whorls of three: 3 sepals, 3 petals, and 3 seed-bearing carpels jointed into a single pistil with 3 pollen-receptor stigmas.” Henceforth, the “Tri” in Trillium makes simple and elegant sense. Be assured: none of our woodland plants are wild collected. Site Trillium in fertile draining soil in part sun to open shade. They are tolerant of dry summer shade. All our plants are offered by division of their slow growing rhizomes.