White and red

Trillium grows all over the woods around our cabin.

It’s an endangered plant in New York (and, indeed, much of North America) — I suppose because it does not reproduce easily, is not aggressive, and invites New Age herbalists to dig it up (shame on them). We are always thrilled to find this modest, delicate plant scattered around our woods.

Do you have any Trillium in your woods?

[Note: look for a longer post tomorrow. Today is graduation and I’m in for a long (interminably long) ceremony this afternoon and must do chores first.]