Is this trillium?

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  1. Tammyd

    Tammyd Seedling Plants Contributor

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    Is this trillium? Seems like it had blue flowers on it last year?

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  2. Droopy

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    I don't think it is a Trillium. The leaves are wrong and too close to the ground. I don't know what it is, though.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It looks like what I have been finding in my yard this year too. Tradescantia fluminensis a member of Spiderwort family which includes the purple leafed Wandering Jew plant.
    http://www.floridata.com/ref/T/trad_flu.cfm
    See what you think.

    It can be invasive when it likes where it is growing but if it, like mine, is in a place that needs a ground cover, it can be controlled.
     
  4. NemaToad

    NemaToad New Seed

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    It doesn't look like the trillium that I planted at our lake place. We were just there last weekend raking leaves and I found it to be in full bloom. The leaves on the plant in your picture don't look the same as mine.

    John
     



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  5. Tammyd

    Tammyd Seedling Plants Contributor

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    Thank you. I was clearing out an area and wanted to be sure before I till it under. :stew1:
     
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    bubbleoffplumb New Seed

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    reminds me of another member of the spiderwort family - Asiatic Dayflower Commelina communis.
     

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