Hosta My Friend Nancy Aroids Marrubium-leaf butterfly bush forms a

Marrubium-leaf butterfly bush forms a compact shrub to 3

Ask your friends to weed around this one for some real laughs

Stokesia 'Honeysong Purple' is an exciting introduction from the late hosta guru Alex Summers and his son Alan

Full sun and good drainage are the keys to success

so these are very useful where there is a large area of woodland to cover in vegetation

Hosta My Friend Nancy Aroids Marrubium-leaf butterfly bush forms aThis hybrid by legendary hosta breeder Herb Benedict is the result of a cross of Hosta 'Dorothy Benedict' x H. montana 'Cherifu'. While this may be meaningless to all but the hosta geeks, this tells us that it's got great genes. The result is a 3' wide clump of heavy substanced blue green leaves surrounded by a very wide creamy white border. In early summer, the stunning clumps are topped with 2' spikes of lavender flowers.