General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: to 18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Other: Ratty looking, brown foliage will result if plants don't get required shade and moisture
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bi-Color: White with blue tips
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Stolons and runners
Other: They are nodal rooters, so be sure that you have at least one node in root cuttings
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

Common names
  • Toad Lily
  • Amethyst Toad Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tricyrtis lasiocarpa
  • Synonym: Tricyrtis ovatifolia
Also sold as:
  • Tricyrtis formosana 'Amethystina'

Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 14, 2014 5:31 PM concerning plant:
    Prefers a woodland environment. Lightly freckled white throat with a yellow blush. Upward facing, 1” star-like blooms in multiple-branched arching sprays.
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