Hosta Ice Follies PPAF Viola Good prop plants includes lilies

Good prop plants includes lilies

Even more impressive is that it has survived Zone 6 temperatures when kept dry in winter at the Denver Botanic Gardens

powder-blue foliage radiates out from the head of the central stalk like one of those "Rostrata-farian" hairdos

Polystichum retrosopaleaceum is an easy-to-grow evergreen Japanese native that bears a striking resemblance to one of my other favorite ferns

We're starting to believe those rumors of incredible winter hardiness

Hosta Ice Follies PPAF Viola Good prop plants includes liliesI really like this new discovery from hosta guru, Bill Meyer. Hosta 'Ice Follies' is a probable tetraploid mutation of the old standard, Hosta 'Antioch'. Hosta 'Ice Follies' is much smaller than its parent, forming a small 1' tall x 2' wide clump of pointed green leaves, with a very wide border that emerges gold and ages to cream. The clumps are topped with 2' tall spikes of light lavender flowers in early summer.