Warm purple spots on white and purple flowers provide botanical intrigue in the shade garden.
Description:
This exciting toad lily has an arching habit and beautiful flowers with white petals, purple toward the tips and heavy warm purple spotting. Toad lilies are wonderful plants for the late summer and fall shade garden. Most grow on elegant arching stems often with lightly mottled foliage. They produce multitudes of ornate orchid-like flowers that are usually white (sometimes yellow) with various degrees of purple spotting.
Common Name: Toad Lily
Family:
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Fall
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Forests and woodlands.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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