Hosta Mountain Fog Tropical Our 10-year-old clumps of Solidago

Our 10-year-old clumps of Solidago 'Golden Fleece' are now just over 3' wide

This unique giant black-eyed Susan has a deciduous basal rosette of waxy blue foliage resembling a collard (that's sort of like a cabbage to you northern folks)

grey-green leaves

each highlighted by a wide silver streak down the center vein with smaller silver veins radiating from the center to the leaf edge

From the Kyushu Mountains of Japan

Hosta Mountain Fog Tropical Our 10-year-old clumps of SolidagoThis fascinating, fast multiplying hosta makes a small 18" wide clump of long narrow foliage with a creamy center surrounded by a nice green border. In the heat of summer, the center changes to green, but the new growth becomes cream centered again when the nights begin to cool. At midsummer the clumps are topped with stalks of lavender flowers.