Hosta Old Faithful Asclepias Phlomis fruticosa is a plant

Phlomis fruticosa is a plant we wouldn't garden without

Visitors to the 1991 Hosta Convention in Raleigh were amazed at this seedling in the garden of Tony Sears of Apex (the guy with the 2-mile railroad track in his garden)

is that really winter hardy

They bloom for about six months but are not self-cleaning and the spent flower stalks are retained until a tidy minded gardener comes along and trims them off

Hosta Old Faithful Asclepias Phlomis fruticosa is a plantWe are excited about being able to offer this wonderful introduction from the late Bill Brincka and Olga Petryszyn. Hosta 'Old Faithful' is a cross of Hosta plantaginea x Hosta 'Regal Rhubarb', that offers the best of both fragrant flowers, a great upright form, and dark purple petioles are you drooling yet? The large, 12" long, corrugated leaves with dark purple petioles make a spectacular 4' wide clump, topped in midsummer with a 40" scape of very