There are many varieties of Trillium beyond the white one we commonly see

About ten years ago, my late wife Joan, was in Texas visiting her sister and her son. I was at home in Oregon. One evening she called all excited (which was not unusual for Joan). She told me that she had received an email from a rather obscure florist from whom she had ordered a special Trillium plant the prior fall. He would only hold it for a week and it was essential that I go and pick it up. The florist who was located way out in the country past Scholls.

Being a dutiful husband, I changed my schedule and drove out into the country to pick up this plant. When the florist gave it to me it was an inch high and he wanted me to pay $35.00 for it. It seem crazy to me, I tried calling Joan, and got no answer. So with great reluctance I shelled out $35.00 and drove home, mad at myself for wasting $35.00 and furious at Joan for ordering such a plant and then asking me to pick it up. Joan came home and planted this precious plant and she tended it for about 10 years. It never flowered until this year.

Below are pictures of what came from a $35.00 plant and ten years of care.
It really is quite beautiful.

A friend (Susan Saul) identified this as a Giant Purple Wakerobin (Trillium kurabayashii).

She said: "It is native to southwestern Oregon and northwestern California
and found only in isolated colonies in the Siskiyou Mountains.
It is propagated by seeds that growers are allowed to sustainably collect in the wild.
The care and length of time it takes to grow these plants to retail ready size and condition
in part explains their price".

For comparison, here are pictures of a traditional white trillium