Tricyrtis Edo no Hana Tiarella making large 18"+ tall clumps

making large 18"+ tall clumps

comes to us from the garden of South Africa's Ian Smith

from a slowly creeping rhizome that makes a 4' wide clump in 6 years

The peculiar clumps are topped in late June with 18" spikes of light lavender hummingbird flowers

Tricyrtis Edo no Hana Tiarella making large 18"+ tall clumpsTricyrtis 'Edo no Hana' is a Japanese selection, supposedly of the Taiwanese Tricyrtis lasiocarpa, but the growth habit tells us that it is probably a hybrid with T. lasiocarpa. The flowers, which top the 22" tall x 5' wide spreading patch, begin for us in mid September with mauvy lavender tipped petals, each speckled toward the throat and lightening in color toward the basal yellow blotches plus each flower has been tricked out with a rosy red stigma.