This May 2011, we found two Yellow Trilliums in our woods. The yellow trillium is a variant of the red trillium. It is mentioned on page 165 of "Forest Plants of Central Ontario" (Chambers, Legasy & Bentley). It was quite exciting to find those yellow trilliums; we have thousands of reds every year, and hundreds of whites, but never before have we seen yellows. And we don't have any green trilliums either. Greens result from a micro-organism which infects the whites. We have found green trilliums in two woodland areas not too far from here.

Here are links to photos of the four colours we have encountered. The images are clickable for full-size photographs. Enjoy!


- Yellow Trillium - May 2011 -

Yellow Trillium


- Red Trillium - May 2006 -

Red Trillium


- Green Trillium - May 2010 -

Green Trillium


- White Trillium - May 2010 -

White Trillium

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