Garden Wish List for 2021: Toad Lilies (Plant Dreaming)
I grabbed this screenshot a while back from Erin the Impatient Gardener's instagram handle when she was doing a late Summer/early Fall walkabout. One thing to note (for me): I find it hard to find and follow gardeners that are near our zone (We're in Zone 5b) and that's a BIG reason why I follow the Impatient Gardener so closely: she's in southern Wisconsin and deals with many of the same things we deal with here in the Chicago suburbs. But...back to the screenshot of her Instagram story: the copy she overlaid to her image says it all (for me): "You should know and grow toad lilies." I took this screenshot because, frankly, at the time I knew NOTHING about Toad Lilies. That was...Until now. After hearing Erin talk about these, I went to the Google machine and was introduced to these Japanese perennial plants. From the Wisconsin Master Gardener : These perennial herbaceous plants, native to Asia (from the Himalayas to Japan and the Philippines), are