
Toad Lily
- Botanical Name
- Tricyrtis spp.
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Width
- 18 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- Late summer to early fall: lily-like, 6 sepals, white to pale lilac or pink dotted with dark purple or reddish-purple spots
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, rich in organic matter, slightly acidic
- Planting & Care
- Soil must not be allowed to dry out
- Flowers are very showy, yet small. Site toad lily where flowers can be observed and enjoyed up close.
- Tricyrtis formosana varieties will slowly naturalize in a non-invasive manner in the garden by creeping rhizomes to form a dense colony
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Tricyrtis hirta var. alba - white flowers with pink stamens
- T. hirta 'Miyazaki' - 2 feet arching stems, flowers speckled in purple
- T. hirta 'Variegata' - leaf margins of creamy yellow
- T. hirta 'White Towers' - ivory white flowers
- T. formosana - oval shapped leaves, pale pink flowers spotted reddish-purple with yellow throats
- T. formosana var. amethystina - purplish blue flowers with white throats spotted with red
- T. formosana 'Dark Beauty' - taller than species at 3 to 4 feet, purple spotted flowers
- T. formosana 'Gilt Edge' - compact form of 12 to 18 inches tall, variegated foliage sporting creamy white to chartreuse margins
- T. formonsana 'Samurai' - compact 12 to 18 inches tall, golden-edged foliage, purple spotted flowers with yellow throats
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