Onward

My cloud photo reminders (This day in 2017, 2016 …) are kind of tough to look at right now.  I had three huge ‘Touch of Class’ hostas that bloomed about this time of year, cheering up the garden after the daylilies finished blooming, and drawing the hummingbirds and bees.

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Something got them over the winter/early spring.  Only one came back, and that one is about 1/4 of the size of previous years.  I am sad.  But I used that space for more daylilies this year, some of which were seeds planted directly in the ground.  I also used some of that space to add the two new ‘Hush Little Baby’ daylilies I enjoyed so much.  And I took the opportunity to buy another ‘Rainforest Sunrise’ hosta to put in that space.  I am fairly in love with those, similar to my affinity for ‘Blue Mouse Ears’!  Multiples, multiples.

So onward and upward – gardens evolve.  Which leads me back to the ‘Rainforest Sunrise’.  Could there be a more beautiful leaf?  And combined with the purple scapes and lavender blooms, no wonder they draw the attention in the garden this time of year.

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I think I “need” an arch of them, similar to the arch of ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ that bloom so profusely in early summer.

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