Perfect companions to Hostas, most of the following thrive in the same conditions. A wealth of collector's plants here, Aroids have become some of the most popular plants in the garden. Also here, are the bizarre voodoo lilies whose anatomically incorrect flowers appear out of nowhere a month before their leaves in the spring. The world of bulbs reaches far beyond the golden trumpets of daffodils so familiar in spring. Many gardeners are becoming increasingly aware of the wide variety of summer and fall flowering tuberous rooted plants.
Bulbs bring joy with their surprise, often seemingly leaping out of nowhere to offer their bloom.
The ornamental grasses have become popular and important landscape additions over the past decade, and rightly so. As a textural element, they offer relief from big heavy globs of foundation shrubs, and their interest spans the seasons. We also include here plants which have grassy foliage, similar in texture and use in the garden, without technically being grasses. Most of the grasses thrive in full direct sun, but the grass-alikes such as carex and acorus will thrive in shade.