Trillium freemanii Cairns Wet Shade Plants Many folks now list Rubus

Many folks now list Rubus pentalobus 'Emerald Carpet' as a selection of Rubus rolfei

but in winter

Despite being cold hardy

the old seed stalks turn upward

Do not cover the winter rosettes with mulch

Trillium freemanii Cairns Wet Shade Plants Many folks now list Rubus(aka: Trillium A11NC 093) Trillium freemanii 'Cairns' represents our nursery seed grown plants from our original collection of what we now believe to be Trillium freemanii (our soon to be published 1998 discovery) that we discovered near the remote north Alabama town of Cairns (Morgan County) at 900' elevation. The leaves are nicely patterned silver and green and the violet purple petals range from narrow to wide.