Hosta Striptease Rehmannia This slow but easy-to-grow hosta

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

All Amsonia species are valuable for their early bloom of pure blue flowers

found naturalized in a few counties in east Texas and west Louisiana

In the garden

Hosta Striptease Rehmannia This slow but easy-to-grow hostaThis unique introduction is one that seemingly attracts all types of gardeners. This strange mutation of H. 'Gold Standard' has a durable, dark green H. 'Fortunei' like leaf, but with a unique pattern of gold and white in the center of each leaf. Alongside the golden center is a narrow white band between it and the green. The band is often not seen in young plants, but does seem to develop with age. In midsummer, the vigorously growing, 2' wide clump