I think this would work:

Annette

Speaking of spots, I like the spotted Manfreda's, they look great with tufted grasses like Mexican Feather Grass and Blue Fescue. When I first heard of them & saw photo's I thought they were ugly and diseased looking but in real life, especially with the grasses, I did a 180. Its a matter of where something is planted sometimes.

Kniphofias - what are you waiting for Tex - get on it. Mine won't be making a trip to the woods.....but I rarely regret changing plants (boredom threshold of hyperactive infant). Hot Pokers are like asters or phlox - possible to rub along without them for a few years, only to be 'rediscovered' anew every decade or so

I don't believe in being prejudiced against any perennial that works/can work.

As far as I'm concerned, the biggest plus for toadlilies is that they bloom at a time of the growing season when the number of blooming perennials is diminishing.

Nevertheless, I stopped using them in order to rid our garden of lily beetles.

I don't believe in planting any plant I don't like but never thought of it as a prejudice, that sounds sort of serious. I only have so much space.

Here is the blue leaf one I was checking out last year (I'm such a sucker for blue foliage). Rats! HCG no longer carries it. Looks like seed is available online though. I like the beefcake flowers/stems. My favorite pokers are the yellow/red -- mustard/ketchup colored ones, they are the 'torchiest', therefore the sexiest.

And herein lies the problem for me......in the land of giant thuggish perennials, I foresee bullying and overlying from the badly behaved yahoos which colonise the woods.....but being a cheapskate, I will be planting them (since they were free, which tends to trump all other criteria when it comes down to decision making).

While the blossoms are tiny the plants themselves are not.

My clump of toad lilies planted under a mature crabapple tree several years ago have multiplied--politely--and now form an impressive clump heavy with blooms. Stems remain upright without staking and require zero "coddling" from me which makes them high on my list of valued perennials in marginally dry shade. That they attract and sustain pollinators makes them valued additions to my garden beds.

Here (The Netherlands) it starts flowering at the end of August and goes on into October. I think it is valuable because of its late flowering. The flowers are charming but must be seen up close to really appreciate.

It does spread by stoloniferous roots but so far has not been a nuissance. Every spring I chop some bits of to keep it in place.

Tricyrtis hirta wakes early in the year and new growth can be damaged by spring frost but plants quickly recover.

In my garden slugs and snails love the new growth of Tricyrtis so keep an eye on those creatures.

Christopher Lloyd described Tricyrtis as "strangely compelling" and I think that is a excellent characterization.

What I don't understand is when people take it personally as they do sometimes here. If we all liked and planted the same exact things...... well, that would definitely be creepy.