Rhododendrons And Hostas... No Quality Time Alone - Garden Plants and Gardening Forum

An Iowa Garden · 03-11-2008, 03:05 PM

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Another garden combination that I've grown to like, is pale lavender rhododendrons with hostas that have a lot of creamy white on their leaves. The two seem to each soften and complement the other, and the hostas planted around the "skirts" of the rhododendrons, cover their bare legs nicely... pictured is a new bed from last spring. Now add some primroses, and a bunch of early spring bulbs like crocuses and snowdrops, a half dozen lilies for late summer bloom, squeeze in a couple of hellebores, and have the whole bed invaded by bluebells, blue squills, and lamium, and you've pretty much got a typical mature flower bed from my garden. The rhododendrons and hostas in this garden just don't get much quality time together by themselves.

03-11-2008, 03:05 PM	#1
An Iowa Garden Grounds Keeper Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 251	Rhododendrons And Hostas... No Quality Time Alone This content is syndicated via RSS from the blog: Iowa Garden Another garden combination that I've grown to like, is pale lavender rhododendrons with hostas that have a lot of creamy white on their leaves. The two seem to each soften and complement the other, and the hostas planted around the "skirts" of the rhododendrons, cover their bare legs nicely... pictured is a new bed from last spring. Now add some primroses, and a bunch of early spring bulbs like crocuses and snowdrops, a half dozen lilies for late summer bloom, squeeze in a couple of hellebores, and have the whole bed invaded by bluebells, blue squills, and lamium, and you've pretty much got a typical mature flower bed from my garden. The rhododendrons and hostas in this garden just don't get much quality time together by themselves. Read More at Iowa Garden...

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