Tricyrtis sp. 24/9 Restock the nineteenth-century German botanist and

the nineteenth-century German botanist and nurseryman

a small plant carrying a remarkable lineage

spreading head sized for a courtyard or a modest lawn

and no irrigation to speak of

treat the night-blooming jasmine as a creature of the evening and plant accordingly

Tricyrtis sp. 24/9 Restock the nineteenth-century German botanist andTricyrtis is a small genus of woodland lilies from the Himalayas and eastern Asia, and this plant, almost certainly Tricyrtis formosana, carries the whole strange charm of the group in a single late season flower. The botanical name joins the Greek treis, three, with kyrtos, humped or swollen, for the three little nectar sacs that bulge at the base of each bloom, a detail worth crouching down to find. The species epithet formosana points to Formosa,