I found a plant on my land and I was told it was a trillum. It is growing in what was wooded by mostly undesirable privit that has been cleared for other use. I want to know if I can transplant it to a less traffic area?
Yes: Trilliums are portable. Try it after bloom. There is a short, iris-like creeping rootstock that may be buried fairly deeply.
If you can wait until it goes dormant, that would be the best time to move it in to a woodland garden w/ woodland type soil and shade.
Trilliums have self seeded over several locations in our garden over the last 5 years. We have had the property for 11 years, and there wasn't any until they just showed up as "uninvited" but welcome guests. I have moved them during dormancy - but do heed the warning - the corms are deep. They are basically right down at the bottom of the topsoil, lying on top of the silty subsoil. Of the previously transplanted plants, I was sure I did not plant them so deep. The only conclusion I could draw was that the corms "migrated" down to a deeper area.
