Epimedium diphyllum Variegatum Aster dark purple flowers with a

dark purple flowers with a contrasting reddish-pink center

it's probably not one that will ever be appreciated by the marigold and impatiens crowd

Hosta 'Totally Awe Sum' is a bizarre mutation of Hosta 'Sum and Substance' that forms a small clump of crinkly

They are the type of long blooming plant that are good foils for the show stoppers that come and go such as lilies that are in bloom for a few weeks

Slightly moist

Epimedium diphyllum Variegatum Aster dark purple flowers with aVariegation Alert! This unusual selection of the Japanese native Epimedium diphyllum makes a short 8" clump, composed of lung shaped, grey green leaves, heavily speckled with white. The deer resistant clump resembles a bad case of auto body shop overspray, topped in early spring with clusters of tiny white bells. The pattern is most vivid before the heat of summer. A variegated epimedium who'd have thought?