Although I remember one spring where we got so much rain that some of the daylilies had scape blasting because they couldn't absorb any more water. Grand Tiara is supposed to be one a really great strain f hostas. And I've heard nothing but good about Pulmonaria 'Milky Way' . Carol Wallace Editor Virtually Gardening Manager, Garden Center Senior Managing Editor, Check out our Sharing Gardens and Homes E-zine Acting First Lady to SQS President of the World. Alpenglow is a G. sanguineum, very similar to New Hampshire and Max Frei.
Size is about in between both, magenta flowers, finely cut leaf, dark green, nice mounding habit.
I killed one last year. Mine was in morn sun, evening shade, decent soil. I think I saw the Reiters strain or at least one that's a darker leaf variety. I really liked it but was expensive. I went to your site and read your article about back strain.