Martagon lilies

Trillium luteum

Trillium grandiflorum

Trillium flore pleno

Also have lots that I evidently didn’t take pics of: Pulmonaria, Lobelia cardinalis and siphilitica, various ferns.

Paula I like the squirrel joke lol!

gg, really pretty trilium…..are they hard to grow?

I have lots of companions I realized. Here are some:

Balloon flowers

debra

Sorry I don’t have these all labeled.

Morello Agastache

Lemon Drop Echinacea

All kinds of things

Frosted Gumdrop ??

Veronica

debra

Poof! Will try again…..

Lots of things here

Echinacea Lemon Drop

Morello Agastache

Astilbe

debra

A few more:

Dicentra Spectibilis

debra

Bunch of huecheras:

Ok, I’m done 😊

debra

Hi Debra, many grow naturally here in my rough woodlands. Since they grow so well, I have gradually added ‘fancier’ varieties. In my woods there are native spring beauties, trout lilies, violets of many shades and prairie trillium galore.

Sorry all, I seem to have posted the same photo twice. I post in the gardenweb and I deleted it, but apparently Houzz didn’t get the message!

debra

Brunneras are good companions.

Jack Frost is a good grower for me.

Variegata

Looking Glass

They make seedlings. My most interesting ones come from Looking Glass like this big one.

Low growing campanulas are good with hostas. This is Birch hybrid.

Sweet woodruff (Galium odorata) mixes well with mediums or larger. I find it can overwhelm smaller hostas.

All grown from seed. Before 9/11 it was easy to order seeds from anywhere so I got my primroses seed from Barnhaven France.

This one produced lots of seedlings I am looking forward what offsprings will look like. It takes few years to maturity though.

a great observation about the doors on the cars we grew up with..😂

everyone has lots of different companions and all of them look great with hostas!..I don't have everything pictured here but I have most of them..some of mine..

Sun King aralia..

brunnera..creeping jenny..hellebore seedlings..

bleeding heart..

astilbe..

celandine poppy..wild ginger..

I didn't plant these..

My favorite hosta companions are heuchera and epimedium.

Sherry

I do have several companion plants but not too many good pictures of them. Several Heuchera that disappear after a few years. I do lots of annuals interplanted amongst the hosta.

A couple I maybe shouldn't have tried as they can be invasive and difficult to keep under control (vinca & creeping jenny).

Lots of Columbine early

False Lily of the Valley

I forget what these are but so pretty if the deer/rabbits don't get them.

Some annuals - doing less as I add more hostas

Bleeding Hearts

European Wild Ginger along the path & Rhododendron above.

Can I count moss? I let a lot of it grow along the edges

old_dirt, ALL your photos this year have been spectacular! The two showing your paths and all the pretty plants around them took my breath away. They're so beautiful.

sandyslopes - thank you :)

old _dirt I love the moss on the paths it looks so calming.

Astilbe - Country and Western

Brunnera Emerald Mist

Coral Bell - Caramel and Lamium Orchid Frost

Coral Bell - Gaugin

Coral Bells - Purple Petticoats and Frost

Fern - Lady Ghost

Heucherella - Pink Fizz

Iris, Peonies and Penstemon Red Husker

Arailia - Sun King

old_dirt..I enjoyed your photos too..

I love all of the hosta forum photos 💕..

I've mentioned this but it made me feel better so I'll say it again..I forget the name but a UK gardener said he considers the fancy heuchera as annuals..isn't it good to know losing heucheras isn't our fault?..

this made me laugh but I don't know exactly what it means..

I have pips..

I need to add more flowering companions for color, thanks all for the ideas.

Beth - My granddaughter used to kick off her shoes and walk barefoot on the moss path, called it her fairy garden.

I didn't mention ferns as companions. Ostrich Ferns, another one that can be challenging to keep under control.

Ostrich Fern

Sun King - Second try, the first one got eaten to the ground by deer (I assume).

Creeping Jenny - Trying to get it just in between the stones, wants to spread too much.

Swifties are not going to like that!

igg lovely Trilliums. My luteum go chewed.

Beautiful Debra. Your new plantings are filling in so well. Was it only a year or two you planted?

Lisa your Brunnera are terrific.

Very nice lindalana. The Lilium really add a pop of colour.

Ann so nice. I can't wait to get my poppies planted, love that yellow.

Sherry I could not agree more. Epimedium & Heuchera are perfect companions and yours are wonderful.

Just gorgeous old_dirt. truly magical. Your pretty white is an Anemone.

Really lovely Beth.

Wow Ann I am a long way from pips.

Late to the party. Still recovering from a vicious 24 hr. stomach flu. Weak as a kitten. I wrote comments and had to lie down. I have a lot so I have left out some that have been beautifully covered.

Actaea Cheju-Do

Aralia Sun King with Heuchera on right.

Astilbe of different kinds.

Aruncus aethusifolius

Aruncus Horatio

Astilbe Bridal Veil with Geranium Samobor

Astilbe Color Flash Lime

Astilbe Fanal

Astilboides tabularis

Astrantia

2nd bunch.

Cornus rugosa a native dogwood.

Crocosmia Lucifer provides shade. Redo in progress.

Epimedium noid.

Epimedium Sulphureum

Adiantum pedatum

Osmunda regalis

Gillenia trifoliata

Hellebore

Hepatica

Heuchera Marmalade

Last bunch.

Solomon's Seal. I have variegated as well.

Kirengeshoma koreana

Ligularia The Rocket

Lobelia cardinalis

Lobelia siphilitica. Also have it in white.

Mukdenia

Phlox divaricata Blue Moon just planted.

Pulmonaria Mrs. Moon

Rodgersia pinnata with Aruncus dioicus on the right.

Thalictrum thalictroides just planted.

Laurie..my pips are my potted hostas living in an "artificial" environment (my garage)..the inground hostas aren't up..

what a huge collection of perennials!..I forget..how many years have you lived here?..

March 23 I've lived in my home 20 years..

Ann I have lived her a loooong time. 43 years.

Laurie..wow!..that explains a lot!..I've wondered how you could have so many good sized plants everywhere on your property!..now I feel better about my smaller collection haha..

Laurie, you’re another one who has a spectacular garden! So many beautiful plants. I enlarged all your photos to have a good look.

I hope you’re feeling better and regaining your strength. At least you got it out of the way before it’s time to get out into the garden where you are.

Oh, so nice!!!!Peren, such lushness!I did move my astilboides and small aruncus, kirengosoma and the Rocket ligularia. Hopefully they will fill up like yours.

Beth, have you found variegated irid needs more sun?

Nicholworth, my trillium in the forest all purple. If not for buckthorn forest would be real pretty with natives

lindalana I find my variegated Iris seem to grow anywhere. The plant is pretty but the bloom is OK not spectacular like some Iris. Still they are a nice backdrop with a different shape.