Favored for their beauty and longevity, shade-loving, low-maintenance hostas bear foliage in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, in leaf colors ranging from steel blue to mixed greens and yellows, while their long-lasting, aromatic flowers range from white to pale lavender and blue-purple. Nursery owner and hosta hybridizer Rosemary Barrett provides expert advice on 170 hosta species and cultivars in this book, illustrated with more than 200 photographs.
"Revel in the luscious images.... We especially commend Hostas as an inspiring picture album showing the most appealing Hosta selections."—HortIdeas