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A curious Trillium from California that seems to adapt well to conditions in the UK. Curious also because it has persisted with me for a number of years
despite my expectations. I have planted more and am slowly developing a small colony under the trees at the top of the garden. Writing in JRHS in 2006, Bob Brown says: "Trillium kurabayashii is a large (60 cm high in garden conditions), robust plant with conspicuous dark purple-red flowers and nicely mottled foliage. It hails from northern California and southern Oregon. In Britin it may be the most commonly available species although this may not seem to be the case, as it is often confused with T. sessile and the red forms of T. chloropetalum. T. kurabayashii has conspicuous long tapering petals, while T. sessile has shorter, rounded petals and is only about 20cm high." Case and Case say: "Masataka Kurabayashi, a Japanese cytologist and population genetecist who worked extensively with the genus Trillium, was the first to suggest the presence of an unrecognised species on the West Coast of the United States. When Freeman's research proved Kurabayashi correct, Freeman (1975) named this taxon to honour him. This is a very large, attractive species frequently forming clumps and extensive colonies." |
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