Tricyrtis 'Empress'

Also Known As

Tricyrtis formosana x 'Empress'
Empress Toad Lily

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 18"-30"
W: 12"-24"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Tricyrtis 'Empress' plant details

Tricyrtis 'Empress' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In fall and summer purple and white flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Tricyrtis 'Empress'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: liliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 18 IN - 30 IN - tall
Flowers: purple and white blooms in fall and summer
Uses: showy, spotted flowers, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Tricyrtis 'Empress'

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Extra large, intricate, white flowers with red and purple spots and lance-shaped foliage. Exceptional vigour. Blooms from August well into the fall. Toad lilies are wonderful plants for the late summer and fall shade garden. Most grow on elegant arching stems often with lightly mottled foliage. They produce multitudes of ornate orchid-like flowers that are usually white (sometimes yellow) with various degrees of purple spotting.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Tricyrtis ‘Empress’ is a hybrid lily featuring large white flowers heavily spotted with deep, purple-red. These blooms show late Summer into Fall, and prefer shady areas of the garden.

By: Noname Nursery

Extra! large white orchid-like flowers heavily leopard spotted with dark purple appear continuously over several week in late summer-autumn above attractive, vigorous foliage that makes a 24-30" mound. PSh-Sh/M PPAF

By: Forestfarm

Tricyrtis ‘Empress’ is a hybrid lily featuring large white flowers heavily spotted with deep, purple-red. Provides striking contrast! It has strong foliar growth as well. If you need a fall blooming plant for the shade garden, Tricyrtis is a great choice. It prefers a moist but well-drained garden soil. Toad Lilies are generally late to emerge in Spring.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Strong grower, healthy foliage; flowers white w/Purple spots.

By: Jockey Hill Nursery

Renowned for its extra large and wider open flowers, this exquisite, newly introduced Toad Lily is a formosana hybrid. Ornate, spidery spaced petals are inscribed by occasional darkened tips and irregular velvet-rich deep purple spots, stipples and mottling on a creamy white background. An enticing fall beacon amongst the shadows, 'Empress's showy terminal blooms are supported by an upright robust gathering of lustrous, semi-clasping dark green foliage that stays dapper all season.