Native Plants do well in the home landscape. The Catesby Trillium pictured above is a rescued plant from a Paulding County subdivision project, in September 2003, as part of the Georgia Native Plant Society's formal rescue program. This particular speciman is growing in a backyard flowerbed in Douglas County now. The soil is composted leaf litter from Oak (Quercus spp.) and Hickory (Carya spp.) as well as Dogwood(Cornus florida), Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) and Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica). The bed is composed entirely of native plants. Lighting is full summer shade under mixed hardwood trees but receives sun in winter due to the leaf drop although the Trillium is dormant in winter, sprouting from a rhizohme each spring. Ants seem attracked to the flowers and seeds and may help to spread them. They can form colonies over time. This Trillium receives only rain water and an occasional drink in very drought years. Other flowers growing with it include Hepatica (Hepatica americana), New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis), Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), Netted Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata), Wild Ginger (Little Brown Jugs) (Hexastylis arifolia), Fly Poison (Amianthium muscaetoxicum), and Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum).