Gilt Edge Toad Lily (Tricyrtis Formosana) – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Perennial

Flower Color:  Purple and White

Flower Size:  1″ 

Flowering Period:  Late Summer through Early Fall

Flower Type:  Single, orchid-like

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green with Cream edges

Fragrant Foliage:  No 

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  N/A

Attracts:  Butterflies, Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Cold Temperatures (-20F), Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

Sure to be a conversation piece in the garden, the Gilt Edge Toad Lily is a beautiful and very easy-to-grow addition to shady areas. Plant it in the ground or in pots close to patios and other outdoor sitting areas where the exotic, orchid-like, sparkling jewel-toned flowers with white infused violet purple petals with deep purple spots can be enjoyed from up close. Each flower features six showy tepals; 3 inner petals and 3 outer sepals which are similar in appearance. The flowers bloom from late summer through fall attracting butterflies and other beneficial pollinators and are great for cutting and display in your favorite vase. What’s more, Gilt Edge displays lovely variegated green leaves with cream to chartreuse borders on upright stems in a clump that will light up the shade garden.

Growing 18 to 24 inches tall and spreading to 36 inches wide in an upright clump, the Gilt Edge Toad Lily is ideal for use as a an accent specimen in small garden spaces or in groupings in larger spaces or as a border along a path. Also suitable for growing in pots, planters and other containers. Perfect in consistently moist but well-drained soils near garden ponds or other water features. Plant near patios and other outdoor sitting areas where the exotic flowers can be viewed and enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to butterfly gardens, cut flower gardens, container gardens, cottage gardens, perennial gardens and shade and woodland gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  18 to 24 inches apart for groupings; 4 feet or more apart for space between plants