My first Toad Lily, T hirta, was given to me by a neighbor in the early 80's. No info, no name other than "a toad plant because it has spots" "it likes morning sun and regular water." The leaves did have a few faint spots...
Where I planted it, it got full sun until noon...and I watered it when the ground seemed dry. It was a fuzzy, small plant about 8 inches tall and over the next few years, it remained a smallish, fuzzy plant. The only plants I had then were a few daylilies from my DH's grandma. A few years later at a local nursery, I saw pots of these tall hairy leaved plants sitting under a large tree. The sign said Tricyrtis hirta Toad Lily Fall blooming Shade plant....
I still have a few descendants of that original plant, under the eastern edge of a live oak, only now, they are a bit taller and 100% happier.
