Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

lavender double flowers

The fuzzy basal leaves make a nice small clump to 12" wide which

while others offset occasionally

Symphyotrichium 'Snow Flurry' received a 5 star rating from the Chicago Botanic Garden trials

Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'(aka: Anisocampium niponicum) We probably should call Athyrium 'Lemon Cream' Japanese splattered fern instead of Japanese painted fern. This Japanese oddity is exactly what people who like this kind of thing will like. The typical lacy green leaves are speckled with lemon cream blotches, barely evident in spring but becoming quite prominent by late summer and early fall. Our clumps of the deciduous Athyrium niponicum 'Lemon Cream' have reached 18"