Trillium lancifolium Shotgun Wedding Stokesia 4' wide clump is topped

4' wide clump is topped with light lavender hummingbird friendly flowers on 30" tall stalks in early summer

The robust

but sort of twisted out of shape

It's taken us five years to rebuild stock for a second offering

it's socially inept

Trillium lancifolium Shotgun Wedding Stokesia 4' wide clump is toppedIn our garden we originally planted divisions of two forms of Trillium lancifolium near each other one from northern Florida and another from northern Georgia. Years ago, we gathered the first garden seed from these and, when the seedlings finally flowered in 2012, we discovered the after effects of some horticultural hanky panky. The offspring, which we named Trillium 'Shotgun Wedding' (it's a southern thang), represents a cross between both forms.