Hosta Olive Branch Digitalis is very fragile and this

is very fragile and this is why it is best to remove the previous year's foliage before new growth starts so as to prevent damage to the new growth

fragrant flowers atop 4' tall stalks

We couldn't believe our eyes when they fell upon this canna at the Kunming Botanic Garden in China in 1996

The corpse flower seed stalk

Crinum 'Walter Flory' is a Katherine Clint hybrid of Crinum 'Ellen Bosanquet' x Crinum x powellii 'Alba'

Hosta Olive Branch Digitalis is very fragile and thisNot many hostas catch my eye like the first time I saw H. 'Olive Branch' in the garden of Don Dean this was truly one unique hosta. Although it's hard to visualize such a beauty especially after too much scotch (I mean butterscotch), imagine a butterscotch centered, green edged sport of H. 'Candy Hearts' and that's the plant. Each perfectly symmetrical 2' wide clump is topped with a nice display of purple flowers on 20" scapes in early summer. This is