Tricyrtis x ‘Sinonome’
at Digging Dog
Toad Lily
Some say this fascinating species owes its common name to the Philippine Tasaday Indians’ practice of wiping their hands with juice from the blossoms before setting out to collect frogs. Others say it’s the unusual spotted flowers that account for the name.
Whichever story is true, the blooms have such detail and quiet beauty that they should be admired close-up. They open on gently arching stems for long periods in late summer and early fall, when most other flowers are already spent. With a moist, humus-rich soil, all the Toad Lilies will form elegant clumps. Tricyrtis x ‘Sinonome’ 
Long esteemed in Japan for its elegant cut flowers, ‘Sinonome’ presents a pleasing vase-shaped clump of upright stems lined with lustrous, clean-looking dark green foliage. Emerging from buds the color of chocolate, white, upfacing blooms show off richly colored ruby freckles. One of
the more heat and drought tolerant Toadlilies, this Tricyrtis could be planted next to Aster
divaricatus.
Blooms September–October. Size: 2'–3' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 5. Tricyrtis x ‘Sinonome’ (P-1228)
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