Hosta Bright Lights Hallucinogenic Plants This drought-tolerant native blazing star

This drought-tolerant native blazing star from rocky outcrops in the southern Appalachian mountains is one of the best in the genus

but we grow only uneducated ferns that can't read gardening books

that emerges gold then ages to cream

so don't get worried when it's not the first thing out of the ground

Many folks now list Rubus pentalobus 'Emerald Carpet' as a selection of Rubus rolfei

Hosta Bright Lights Hallucinogenic Plants This drought-tolerant native blazing starThe best of the "Tokudama" hostas, Hosta 'Bright Lights' actually grows well in the South. The leaves of the 4' wide clumps emerge with dark gold centers that brighten as they harden. The puckered, golden, rounded leaves are accentuated by dark blue edges. Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird friendly flowers in early summer.