Deeproot Plant Base Online - Tricyrtis hirta 'Miyazaki'

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botanical name:
Tricyrtis hirta 'Miyazaki'

common name: Toad lily, Hototogisu
family: Liliaceae

characteristics: perennial
height: 0.60m width: 0.60m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: clump
leaf colour: green
flower colour: lilac
main period of interest: Autumn

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, shade, moist soil, sandy soil
prefered soil pH: neutral-acid
minimum temperature: -20°C
USDA zone: 6 to 8

description:
Relattively short, arching stems and light or yellowish green, veined, lance-shaped leaves with stem-clasping bases.. Both stems and leaves are densely hairy. Beautiful small orchid-like, white to pale lilac flowers with heavy purple spotting, from late summer to mid autumn.

cultivation:
Prefers a moist but well drained, humus-rich, sandy loam in light shade. Will grow in full sun if the soil does not dry out. Can be susceptible to slug damage.

propagation:
By division in early spring.
May produce seed, but will not necessarily come true.

usage:
Woodland gardens.

other notes:
Named after the Miyazaki Agricultural Experiment Station, Miyazaki University, Japan, where this cultivar was raised.