Hosta Viking Sunshine Phlomis Small pink and mauve flowers

Small pink and mauve flowers are held in clusters on slender stems that bounce in the wind above the clump of foliage in spring

Unlike the smaller corkscrew rush

It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall

Athyrium 'Ghost' is a tremendous hardy fern introduction from the Virginia garden of our friend

the Acanthaceae

Hosta Viking Sunshine Phlomis Small pink and mauve flowersHosta 'Viking Sunshine' is a 2021 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of our 2010 seedling of a cross involving Hosta kikutii, Hosta venusta, Hosta 'Gemstone', Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' and Hosta 'Faith'. Hosta 'Viking Sunshine' forms a 10" tall x 3' wide clump of rounded golden leaves that emerge chartreuse and brighten dramatically as flowering approaches, starting for us in mid June. Hosta 'Viking Sunshine' produces an amazing number of spikes with