Hosta Hollywood Lights PP 17296 Echinacea Growing rapidly in moist soils

Growing rapidly in moist soils

we're no Texas

The resulting Eupatorium 'Phantom' is the shortest and densest Joe-Pye we've ever trialed

Olea 'Arbequina' is quite ornamental even without the fruit

although bletilla is amazingly drought tolerant

Hosta Hollywood Lights PP 17296 Echinacea Growing rapidly in moist soilsI was taken (not literally) by this tetraploid mutation of Hosta 'On Stage' when I visited Hans Hansen's Minnesota garden. This new hosta, which was subsequently named Hosta 'Hollywood Lights', makes an amazing 2' tall x 4' wide clump of dome like, dark green, 14" long x 10" wide leaves, each with a dramatic bright yellow center. If you didn't know this came from Hosta 'On Stage', you'd never recognize it. Clumps of Hosta 'Hollywood Lights' are topped