{"id":14905,"date":"2024-10-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2024-10-03T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:16:40","slug":"toad-lilies-shine-in-the-autumn-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2024\/10\/03\/toad-lilies-shine-in-the-autumn-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Toad Lilies Shine In The Autumn Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toad lilies (Tricyrtis spp.<\/em>) are late season flowering perennials in the shade garden. Most summer perennials have finished blooming as their flower buds are just forming. They’re native to moist woodsy environs of eastern Asia and are botanical members of the lily (Liliaceae) family (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). When properly sited, toad lilies are long-lived and require little extra attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tricyrtis <\/em>hirta ‘Miyazakii’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plant name – \u201ctoad lily\u201d – refers to the speckled flower colors. Flowers are borne in the axils of the leaves. Depending on species, plants grow 1.5 – 3 feet tall. Select star or bell-shaped spotted flowers in an array of colors. Many resemble orchid flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toad lilies prefer part to full shade, and moist humus-rich garden soil. Under ideal conditions plants need little or no fertilizing. Plants should be protected from wind particularly in hotter areas of the U.S. Otherwise, feed plants once or twice in summer with a water-soluble fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro\u2122 or Jack\u2019s\u2122. \u00a0Mulching keeps the soil moist and suppresses weeds. Divide roots of toad lilies every 2-3 years in early spring; space plants 18-24 inches apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice bed of toadlilies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Four species of toad lilies,\u00a0T. hirta, T. latifolia, T. macropoda<\/em><\/em>,\u00a0and T. formosana<\/em>\u00a0are very popular; they produce\u00a0abundant purple-and-white blooms on 36 inch and taller stems.\u00a0<\/em>Many new hybrid\u00a0forms are finding their way into garden centers. \u2018Miyazaki\u2019 hybrids are\u00a0known for their superior flowering, vigorous growth, hardiness, and disease resistance. T. hirta<\/em> \u2018Miyazaki Gold\u2019 has gold-edged green leaves and ‘Moonlight’ has entirely golden leaves.\u00a0T. macropoda<\/em> \u2018Sinonome\u2019 and \u2018Tojen\u2019 have dark green foliage and lavender and\u00a0white flowers;\u00a0<\/em>‘Lightning Strike’\u00a0displays green and\u00a0gold leaves and\u00a0speckled flowers on arching stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No serious insect or disease trouble toad lilies; slugs and snails are occasional pests. Anthracnose leaf spotting may pop up in wet summers. If so, clean up all leaf debris and discard in late winter. Deer may or not eat toad lilies? Rabbits\u00a0may also be troublesome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To repeat: Site selection is highly important. Toad lilies excel in moist well-drained soils and an early to mid-morning sun-dappled shady garden spot. Irrigate during dry spells. The beauty and detail of the small flowers need to be visually appreciated close up. Snip flower stems for a autumn table arrangement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toad lilies (Tricyrtis spp.) are late season flowering perennials in the shade garden. Most summer perennials have finished blooming as their flower buds are just forming. They’re native to moist woodsy environs of eastern Asia and are botanical members of the lily (Liliaceae) family (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). When properly sited, toad lilies are long-lived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1360,707,1319,1037,1498,778,674,1357,665,1138,853,551,1571,625,843,812,729,962,1141,777,630,646,793,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14909,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905\/revisions\/14909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}