Hosta Plants in the Shade

My hosta garden is in the shady Jelly Bean Garden between the Lemonwood and the forked Cabbage Tree. Things started slowly with a few tiny mail order hosta purchases, plus some dwarf white agapanthus (which have naturally never flowered).

hosta garden

In no time, the hostas have grown and bulked out. Now, whenever I buy any new ones I plant them in here (remembering to read how tall they get). Unfortunately I then discard their labesl! So far, all is in proportion....

hosta and pink rose

The pink rose in the above photograph is a cutting grown pink Flower Carpet rose, which I planted in here when there was less shade. I keep meaning to remove it, but I love the colour combination it makes as it sprawls over this lime green hosta.

Both these photographs of the small hosta garden are almost from the Moosey Archives - things haven't really changed much in the last four years.