Trillium freatum Spencer 10b That the flowers are pendant

That the flowers are pendant means that they are looking down at the earthbound viewer which is much better than looking up at the underside of the flower heads

The clumps are topped with small white flowers in October

It's equally prized by butterflies

which most garden plants will not

but who could trust Wilbert's nose after smelling so many amorphophallus

Trillium freatum Spencer 10b That the flowers are pendantTrillium x freatum 'Spencer' is a 2020 Plant Delights JLB introduction of what we feel are naturally occurring hybrids between Trillium cuneatum and Trillium freemanii that we first discovered in Van Buren County, TN in 2000. Here, it grew at 2,000' elevation on a north facing slope with Hydrangea arborescens. It's certainly possible that this actually represents a new, undiscovered species, but due to the variable petal width (between T. freemanii