Toad lilies come in various colors and have a distinct protruding bud with three tentacles. The plants thrive in a mild and damp environment. With good planning, gardens can have something blooming ...

If plants could talk, what would the toad lily say about its name? Certainly, it's peculiar, as is the bloom of this woodland perennial. Yet the toad lily is a bewitching beauty in the fall garden.

If someone had named them forest orchids or woodsy lilies instead of toad lilies, perhaps more of us would be growing them. “Sometimes they name plants very strangely,” said Julie Morgan, whose ...

Q. I won a 4-inch potted toad lily and planted it in a whisky barrel. It draped over the sides and from late September until now has had a profusion of remarkable spotted lavender blooms. It is lovely ...

Late summer is a tough time of year in Kentucky gardens. Sure, if you’re harvesting sweet corn everything’s looking all nice and rosy right now. But by Labor Day the slugs have eaten the hostas, the ...

A late-blooming perennial with unusual flowers, toad lilies do share traits with their namesake amphibian — but are a lot more graceful. No one knows exactly how the plants acquired their name, but ...

Shade gardens offer gardeners the option of growing unconventional plants that do not tolerate the scorching heat that usual sun-lit landscapes provide. While it may not be the easiest thing to do, ...