Re: Really ugly garden/ Tricyrtis
- Subject: Re: Really ugly garden/ Tricyrtis
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:09:31 -0400
Pat,
If you are having trouble keeping the blooms on Tricyrtis due to late
bloom period, try some of the earlier blooming cultivars and species. First
toadlily to bloom is the T. latifolia. Just completed blooms period here.
Nice quiet yellow with brown spots. After that comes the T. dilatata in
August with light pink blooms speckled with purple.
As we all get drawn into first and last frost dates due to global
warming, we may end up with gardens blooming about 11 months of the year...
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
snip....
> Tricyrtis (toad lily)is iffy in our zone - at least in my experience.
> Mine blooms faithfully in November - if it isn't frozen black by a
> hard freeze. But those years it is mild, it's wonderful to have
> flowers in November!
> Pat Mitchell
> corgilover@wi.rr.com
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