Hosta Golden Torch Cottage Garden Plants the 3' stalk of Dracunculus

the 3' stalk of Dracunculus vulgaris

Salvia chamaedryoides is a close allie of Salvia greggii and Salvia microphylla so the following comments apply

five-fingered

'Mure Suzume'

if the drainage isn't excellent

Hosta Golden Torch Cottage Garden Plants the 3' stalk of DracunculusThis distinctive upright hosta from Dr. Benedict is another of the marvelous hybrids created with H. 'Gold Regal'. Imagine taking a clump of H. 'Gold Regal' and making the leaves thick, round, and corrugated and you have an idea of what H. 'Golden Torch' looks like. The 4' wide, dusty golden clump is topped in very late summer with 30" scapes of light lavender flowers.