Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Click browser's <Back> button to return to prior page.

Shelburne Pond, in Shelburne, Vermont, is one of those amazing natural areas.  It's now protected by The Nature Conservancy and managed by the University of Vermont.  In mid-May, the forest floor is carpeted with these showy trilliums.  It only proves that if you leave a good natural area alone, wondrous things will happen "naturally" over time.  A trillium requires from 5 to 10 years to mature to produce its first flower.