I saw this sweet little, (very little) lily at my local garden centre, and just had to look it up. In case it's also new to you folks, I pasted a little blurb about it. Tricyrtis - Tantalizing Toad Lilies My eyes gaze over the fall garden. Hostas, so full and vital in the spring, succumb to their deciduous nature. Astilbes fade, geraniums melt into russet tones. Amongst the softly falling leaves a plant springs out to share the stage, the toad-lily's time is come. These Asian natives inhabit the woodlands from the Philippines to the Himalayan mountains. Most varieties disdain full sun unless they are growing in Maine or the Pacific Northwest (we do get away with murder here!), so they should get morning sun at most and seem to be quite content in moderate shade. While there are a slew of new variegated varieties emerging, these members of the lily family (actually Uvulariaceae--an allied family) generally sport upright stems with lance-like foliage. Then there are the flowers. More than once, non-plant people have commented on the unusual "orchids" along my pathways, but no, lilies they be. The flowers are exotic; spatter-paint masterpieces of purples, whites and yellows. These flowers were once described as a "surrealistic fantasy which stand on three rubber boots." I couldn't have said it better. When traveling through the subway stations in Japan, I was delighted to see Tricyrtis commonly used as a cut flower. Sterile forms with attractive foliage like T. `Togen' seem to be best in this aspect.