Syneilesis aconitifolia Scutellaria Each leaf emerges with blue

Each leaf emerges with blue edges and a brilliant creamy center that gradually changes to dark chartreuse

not a runner

which needs nothing in terms of care when grown in the proper garden conditions

smothering other smaller hostas if they aren't planted on adequate spacing

Patrinia scabiosifolia will even reseed to create some truly special combinations

Syneilesis aconitifolia Scutellaria Each leaf emerges with blue(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,