Unique and Easy

When many plants begin to rest for the season, Gilt Edge Toad Lily, Tricyrits, is just beginning! In late summer and fall, when the shade garden desperately needs flowers, Gilt Edge produces ethereal orchid-like flowers of lilac and vibrant pink with purple speckles. You will want to experience the blossoms up close; the remarkable markings are Mother Nature’s best work. Gold-tipped foliage grows into a graceful mound of arching ladders – each leaf is born on stems alternately, creating an ascending appearance.

Although looking like a fussy grand princess, this graceful plant is tough, thriving in neglected shade garden areas. It quickly grows under trees in dry shade, where little else will grow. Plant Gilt Edge Toad Lily in the woodland garden, under trees, in formal and informal settings. Once established, little care is needed. Drought tolerant. Deer and rabbits leave it alone. A reliably hardy perennial that thrives for years. People thought its flowers resembled a speckled toad, hence its common name.

Plant in shade or part shade. Although drought tolerant, keep well watered when the plant is getting established, when setting up buds and blooming, and during dry spells.