Have you ever seen a toad lily? With a name like that, do you imagine an unusual or less-than-beautiful bloom? Toad lilies are, in fact, lovely and resemble very small orchids; they are ideal if you ...

If someone had named them forest orchids or woodsy lilies instead of toad lilies, perhaps more of us would be growing them. “Sometimes they name plants very strangely,” said Julie Morgan, whose ...