Hairy Toad Lily

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Width:	⇔	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Poisonous:	☠	all parts
Bloom:	❀	late summer, early fall, mid fall

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun, shade
Water:	◍	moist
USDA Zones:		5 to 9
Flower features:	❀	purple, white

Scientific Names

Liliaceae >

Tricyrtis >

hirta >

Tricyrtis is a genus of the botanical family Liliaceae, known in English as Toad lilies. Its native range is from the Himalayas to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Philippines and Formosa.

They are perennial herbaceous plants that grow naturally at the edge of forests. Toad Lilies bloom in the fall. They are hardy enough to handle the sudden changes of Midwest(US) winters from mild to blustery cold.

Read about Hairy Toad Lily in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tricyrtis hirta, Hook. (T. japonica, Miq.). St. 1-3 ft. high, everywhere clad with soft whitish spreading hairs: fls. 6-15, racemose or subcorymbose, whitish, the outer segms. covered with rather large purple spots. Widespread in the woods of Japan. Var. nigra, Hort. (T. nigra, Hort.), has black instead of purple spots. A form with variegated lvs. was once offered in this country. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

They prefer shade or part shade and rich, moist soil.

Propagation

By division or seed. Sow seed indoors before last frost

Pests and diseases

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Gallery

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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