Hosta Garden in May

I wish that I had planted more of the foxglove. They have been especially lovely this year. I am hoping that they will abundantly reseed themselves. These are planted on the sunny side of the hosta garden with ostrich fern and euphorbia.

 Many of these hosta have been in the garden for several years now and are really getting to be large plants. I have been adding several new ones to this garden every year. I enjoy working in this area on hot summer afternoons as it is always several degrees cooler here.

Beauty without Blooms

The season of lots of daylilies in bloom has passed for my garden. There are a few re bloom scapes appearing in the garden but for the most part they are finished and I am ready to start the cleanup process and redo some of the most crowded beds. There is still color in the garden even without the daylilies. I planted this caladium in the with the hosta. The very first leaves that emerged were promptly eaten off by the deer or rabbits. I sprinkled the foliage that was left with red pepper and either they didn't like the taste of this plant or the red pepper worked.

I love the variegated foliage of the Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' It is planted in front of some oaf leaf hydrangeas and really adds a spot of brightness to the bed. Although it will have blooms the foliage is what I like about this plant.