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TRICYRTIS TOAD LILY Liliaceae (Lily family) 油点草属 You dian cao shu (Chinese); ホトトギス属 Hototogisu (Japanese) |
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Tricyrtis formosana in our shade garden. Photograph © Paige Woodward |
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| Toad lilies are cherished for their beautifully freckled flowers in the autumn shade garden. Their rhizomes will form clumps, then colonies, given moist humus. Their somewhat lax stems have alternate, often clasping leaves; their bell-like flowers bloom at the tip of the stem and sometimes in the upper leaf axils. Tricyrtis are native to woodlands in a broad swathe from the E Himalaya to Japan. Plant them where low shrubs and perennials can support their stems, or on a slope, where the stems can arch gracefully downward. | |||
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Tricyrtis
hirta (Thunb.) Hook. forma albescens (Makino) Hiyama.
シロホトトギス
Shirohototogisu (Japanese). Hirta
means hairy in Latin; this toad lily has very fuzzy leaves and stems. The
species is native to central Japan. This form has white flowers that are
unspotted, or faintly spotted with yellow. Height to 80 cm (30"). Our
plants are from seeds received from the Tokyo Rock Garden Society. Zone 5.
Rhizome (Fall shipping only). $8.00 |
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