Re: Happy combinations - hostas
Isn't it funny how tastes vary from person to person and,
even for one person, from year to year? E.g., I love sedums,
my daughter hates them. I love asters, my sister sneers at
them (she lives in the country where they're wild). I ignored
hostas for years, then got hooked on them about six years
ago. Boy, what variety! Enormous, large, medium, small, teeny,
blue, green, grey, gold, all variegations imaginable, skinny
leaves, round leaves, heartshaped leaves, wavy leaves,veined,
cupped, flat, - whew! I even put them in pots to strew around
here & there as background or accent plants. They're also edible!
(Not that I've tried them...) A tall grey Krossa Regal growing by
a grey columnar juniper, or a gold & green mass of big round leaves
amidst some clumps of pale yellow daylilies can be pretty
spectacular. Only two of dozens of examples. Even if you don't have
much shade, some hostas are very sun tolerant and a big clump can
provide wonderful specimens or 'full stop' points in a perennial
border. I would really be lost without them.
Anne LD
ginny wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
> You are most definitely wrong! Even if they don't bloom, the foliage is so
> wonderful in the shade that it would be worth growing just for the foliage.
> Boy, can they brighten up a dark corner. Try it, you'll love it!
>
> Ginny
>
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