Trillium oostingii Camden Purple New Guinea but stunningly beautiful Chinese conifer

but stunningly beautiful Chinese conifer that hails from several of the southern provinces

author of Ferns for American Gardens

Oxalis violacea 'Battle of the Bands' is our 2000 collection of the lovely US native Oxalis violacea from Polk County

and subsequently named and introduced by our friends at Camellia Forest

Trillium oostingii Camden Purple New Guinea but stunningly beautiful Chinese coniferWhen we first visited the famed South Carolina Trillium oostingii site in 2005, prior to its naming, we were fascinated to see that a tiny (<1%) of the yellow flowered population had purple flowers, with absolutely no sign of any intermediates. It's taken us seventeen years of growing these from seed to have enough of the rare purple forms to share, and our supply is very limited. The 8" tall size and mottled leaf pattern are identical to the normal