Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

silver-veined

The compact 10" tall x 1' wide clump of silvery deer-resistant foliage makes a stunning conversation piece in the full to part-sun garden

Killing frosts in the fall are now quite a bit later than they were 20 or 30 years ago and Dahlia imperialis does now some years manage to bloom out fully

The fuzzy basal leaves make a nice small clump to 12" wide which

Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'(aka: Anisocampium niponicum) We probably should call Athyrium 'Lemon Cream' Japanese splattered fern instead of Japanese painted fern. This Japanese oddity is exactly what people who like this kind of thing will like. The typical lacy green leaves are speckled with lemon cream blotches, barely evident in spring but becoming quite prominent by late summer and early fall. Our clumps of the deciduous Athyrium niponicum 'Lemon Cream' have reached 18"