This November in this early wet and cold season, this lily still carries a few flowers: sturdy and a bit waxen, they raise their faces through the yellowing leaves of this hardy plant. It is rarely seen in gardens in Germany, although it is an undemanding plant. It needs light shade among shrubs but can stand a drought, too. Its colours vary: when buying one, it is important to see it in flower, buy it in flower, because some varieties have an odd blueish-red shade, like washed-out jeans that have accidentally been put in the same washing cyle together with a bleeding red t-shirt.
I have no idea, why this pretty lily is called toad lily - because of its dots looking like warts? A good reason to try some distorting photoshop-filters ....
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