These trilliums grow in early April along Upper Ridgewood Blvd. They are also called Wake-robins. But most people call them Toad Trilliums. They don’t smell good, so don’t sniff them.
![Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville NC](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wake_robin-1.jpg)
They look like they are closed, but this is what they always look like. They don’t really open.
![Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville NC](https://www.meadowbrooklogcabin.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wake_robin-2.jpg)