In my iffy ZONE - a glimmer of hope on ES blooms at last!!! My 2 ES relocated to (perhaps their best site/part-shade) in mid-Apr ... Keeping in mind George's logical summation in this thread, I promised to leave them alone & just wait patiently. I counted more than 20 broccoli-like clusters on #1 & 16 on #2 ... hurray!!! Even the couple of canes with bud clusters that poked thru the burlap covers & got frost bitten (during those 4 sub-freezing overnights, in late Apr) are doing OK albeit w/ obvious burn marks (curious to see how those 2 buds look when they open up). note: I flat/board protected them last Winter as I wanted to save their old canes ... they were greening when I opened them in Mid-Apr. - dug up & relocated. Also, took great care & got the entire root balls. I hope yours also reward, after initial disappointments!

Hi , I am so glad you posted your hosta picture. I made a new garden on the side of my house and I purchased this type of hosta but it came with no name. Thanks to you I know the name ! Thanks much !!! The reason I choose it was due to the contrast it would have with heuchera purple palace! Today I picked up two hydrangeas , one of them is going to be placed in the side garden close to the hosta! Your combination looks wonderful!

I forgot to mention... Rather than take up space on the gallery pages, I'll mention it here. I've added a few more photos to my latest uploads page on photobucket. I might not have enough time to maintain my presence on the forum, but I'll keep adding pictures as I'm able. Brock

Hey Hay, Mine are in a bright northern exposure, too. A north-facing foundation planting, to be exact. They get a few hours of morning sun, and a bit of late afternoon sun. Come to think of it, I didn't do much flower harvesting this year. Maybe that's why they're so late to re-bloom. It's hard to say as they're so young, one and two-year olds. I might try and remember to dead-head those May flowers next year and see if I get an earlier re-bloom. All these flowers-to-be are killing me, though some of them have actually had enough time now to open up. We are still frost-free here. Sometimes it doesn't frost until the first week of November. 70's and 80's this week.