I have hellebores orientales (green, pink, and slighter darker colored ones) and lots of lamium Hermann's Pride archangel. These are all large blooming size plants. If interested, plmk. Thanks, Melinda I am interested in several of the hosta. I can send more than one plant of each. I also have lots of vinca major variegata if intersted in that also. I may have some Miss Nancy pink lamium left, but would have to check.

Bk, yes, I think those things apply. Ken, I think perhaps the tree roots are interfering with the normal growth of the hosta thereby inhibiting the natural progression to wider leaves? It looks young in characteristics but it also makes me think it might be two years or older.? I went out to take a look at my sports which I separated from June last year. The potted one resembles Carol's and the other has recently been planted...the larger of the two. See what you all think as a comparison. Jo

I have Blue Cadet and Banyai's Dancing Girl which is similar in many ways (and cheap to buy), and then Halcyon is located in the same neighborhood as well. I like all three. Banyai's Dancing Girl is a happy choice for me, since I got her for the name, and the connection to Pauline Banyai. She comes highly recommended too. and here is Halcyon taken same day, I think that is the other two peeking up from the bottom In May they were all three this soft blue color. As time went on, they became blue greener and some shinier of leaf too.

Thanks so much for the pics. Coincidentally, my final choices are narrowed down to something from either the Rain or Halcyon Green strips. My absolute favorite color is blue-green and that is definitely what I want to go with, but I find this weird phenomenon where blue-greens that have a lot of green in them look very odd on the wall unless they are a darker tone. It's like it almost looks tacky and nothing really works well with it other than black, pure white, or really dark woods. When I place art against it, only very specific colors work with it unlike say a neutral khaki color where every thing works. Even my ivory colored drapes look weird next to the 'greener' blue-greens. I fought with this for months in my living room until I finally gave up and went with a gold-green toned neutral (SW Ramie) and used blue-green in the rugs and accessories. I am finding I have to go with a color more to the blue side, like Rain in order to match with other items in the room. I think I may end up going with Rain in the bedroom and either Quietude or Halcyon in the bathroom which is a smaller room, has much better lighting, and has mostly white finishes (cabinets, countertops, toilet, etc.) But there is just something about blue-green that is so appealing to me: it is kind of an exotic color--energizing yet soothing at the same time. I just get such a good feeling from it. It conjures images of tropical beaches and oriental ceramics. I guess I shouldn't expect it would act like a neutral, though. I really love the look of Restoration hardware's walls and tried and tried to get Silver Sage to work, but on my walls it just looks gloomy gray and seems almost impossible that it is the same color from the store.