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Paris quadrifolia


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Paris quadrifolia has a whorl of four leaves and a flower with green sepals subtending thin green petals, yellow stamens and a black ovary all followed by a single blue berry.


Description:
Paris quadrifolia is a lovely Trillium relative from the Himalayas, Western China, and southeast Asia. The stem is circled by a whorl of four bright green leaves which is echoed by the flower with its own whorl of four green bracts subtending threadlike green petals, yellow stamens and a black ovary. The flower produces a single, long-lasting, blue berry that looks like a blueberry but is inedible. Plants are rhizomatous forming nice colonies fairly quickly. Hardy to zone 5b.


Common Name: Paris

Family: Trilliaceae (The Trillium Family)

Zone Hardiness: 5-9

Light: Full Shade, Part Shade

Height: 12-24"

Width: 8-12"

Primary Bloom Colour: Green

Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Spring

Soil Moisture: Average, Moist

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: Yes

Berries: Blue

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat:

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

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