Athyrium Godzilla Deparia This slow but easy-to-grow hosta

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

The flower is similar to Cypripedium 'Annegret' but larger

Salvia 'Silke's Dream' is a particularly durable and easy-to-grow sage that is destined for stardom

This is not a fern for beginners who think you can just stick everything in the midst of a bed of petunias

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Athyrium Godzilla Deparia This slow but easy-to-grow hostaAthyrium 'Godzilla', a 2009 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, showed up in our garden in the mid 1990s and it wasn't long before we realized we had something special. There was something about its 3' tall x 6. 5' wide proportions that were a bit out of the ordinary for a typical Japanese painted fern, despite its typical painted fern leaf appearance. Although the leaf backs of Athyrium 'Godzilla' were covered in patches of felty brown spores, there