General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 30 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Ratty looking, brown foliage will result if plants don't get required shade and moisture
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: With maroon speckles
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: germination can take up to 3 months
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
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

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Common names
  • Toad Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tricyrtis puberula
  • Synonym: Tricyrtis pseudolatifolia

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-21
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-25
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-25

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