Hosta Empress Wu PP 20774 Phegopteris The green foliage serves as

The green foliage serves as a backdrop for the June-borne lacecap flowers (NC)

more flowers

so Salvia koyamae is especially valuable

with rigid but not sharp

a superb garden surprise toward the end of the season

Hosta Empress Wu PP 20774 Phegopteris The green foliage serves asHosta 'Empress Wu' is the largest growing hosta on the market, derived from forcing Hosta 'Big John' into some unnatural self satisfaction. Our guess is that this giant hosta has both Hosta sieboldiana and Hosta nigrescens in its background. In the garden, our vigorous three year old plants are already 3' tall x 6' wide, on their way to a mature size of 4' tall x 9' wide. The extremely large clumps of glossy green leaves that emerge blue green in