Hosta Tortifrons Hedychium The fast growing Omeo gum

The fast growing Omeo gum (30' tall in 10 years) has lovely

This variegated Japanese iris is happy in all but the driest of garden soils

the insignificant flowers produce attractive short stalks of red berries that persist through the winter at the base of the plant

'Fanny's Aster' is quite handsome in its dried winter form

a real show-stopper

Hosta Tortifrons Hedychium The fast growing Omeo gumThis bizarre looking collector's hosta is a sport of H. 'Tardiflora'. The normally shiny, flat, narrow green leaves have an unexpected twist as though the leaf were rolled inside a small tube. In late summer, the small clumps are topped with 10" stalks of lavender flowers.