Hosta 'Mean Gene'

Hosta 'Mean Gene'[M] It has long been questioned whether the pin striped 'Mito no hana' is worth using in hybridizing, and this seedling from Hugo Philips proves that it can give interesting results. 'Mean Gene' emerges with pointed, creamy white leaves in the spring. As the season progresses, the ghostly foliage develops minute green flecks, until the plant is more green than white by late summer. Hosta 'Mean Gene' will be of great interest to those collectors

Colocasia 'Maui Gold' forms a lush

Lavender flowers bloom in late summer on proportionate scapes

with pointed

yellow margins that streak randomly into the leaf centers

giving way to dark green by early summer

A little sun will make the gold leaf centers glow

'Tears in Heaven' is the result of multiple crosses involving 'Neptune'

[VL] Move over

this phenomenon is called cresting

A peek below the foliage reveals beautiful purple petioles that form a stately

fragrant flowers bloom in late summer

Finding this blue leafed sport of the award winning Allium 'Millenium' is the exact definition of serendipity