Hosta High Fashion Portugal and other mundane chores

and other mundane chores

(aka: Canna 'Semaphore') If you haven't noticed

In darker shade

This boxwood family member makes a superb

montana from the colder regions of Japan

Hosta High Fashion Portugal and other mundane choresAll I could do was gaze in awe when I first saw Hosta 'High Fashion' in Hans Hansen's garden in 2009. Hans had discovered a sport of Hosta 'Kiwi Full Monty' in which the central two colors had flip flopped. Inside the blue green leaf, the narrow band of white had become the central pattern and the typical dull grey center had become a tiny irregular streak between the blue outside and the creamy inside. Hosta 'High Fashion' makes a stunning 20" tall x