I really like this little solomon seal. It is quite small but too large for H.ÂReeseÂs PiecesÂ. Also notice the little fern in the upper left corner, fern bulbet I think?

My favorite is rocks, plant carefully around this. I mean very carefully.

Beautiful !! Thanks !!

Love those rocks EO!

Some of my favorite companions to hosta are 'Stairway to Heaven' polemonium, Hakone grass, bleeding hearts ,'Jack Frost' brunnera , soloman's seal and celandine poppy

stairway to heaven & celandine poppy (showing on the left)
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soloman's seal and white bleeding heart:
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And Thalictrum and cimicifuga and that cute little phlox divertica?
But if they get big enough you don't need anything bur for a few daffys in the spring....as the hosta will crowd everything else.
I also like hydrangea endless summer and heuchera in most of it's many varities, and ligularia Desdemona and lamium white and pink Nancy and sweet woodruff and I even grow filipendula rubra with the hosta... it likes more sun but it blooms.
Linda C

E.O. Wow, I love those rocks! Where they just there on your property,or did you bring them in ?

I'm new to hostas, but so far, as far as companion plants go, I'm a big fan of Heuchera (Coral bells), Dicentra (Bleeding hearts, 'King of Hearts' is my favorite), Ferns (Dryopteris and Anthyrium), and also Hakonechloa (Japanese Forest Grass), probably not hardy to your climate, but if you had a protected spot with a microclimate going, you might be able to make it work. If I was going to try one, I'd try 'All Gold'. Here's a pic from last year that has all of them in it. The second pic is of Hakonechloa 'All Gold', from this year. It seems hardier to me, and has come back fast. It looks considerably better than 'Aureola', which still looks terrible this early in the season in my Zone 5.

Dan

I like these companions,
Bird's nest spruce and Creeping Jenny
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Dwarf Weeping Hemlock
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Bletilla orchid
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and of course Rhodies (with mislabeled Blue Mammoth)

Lainey

Sorry, the rocks are not mine, from some famous Japanese garden, maybe Butchert in BC look it up.

I've been to many Jap sites it could be just one I found.

I'll get some photos of rocks that are on my place we are blessed.

This was on our place that we moved here for a bench. Then one moved from another spot to the woods we are gardening in.

The second is not a good photo, doesn't capture the real beauty. Notice the little hole in the upper left.

How about the beauty of this nurse log? I think to put anything around it would take away unless it was trillium or some of the wild orchids we have.

E.O. it would be tough to "look up", based just on a picture. I've been to Butchart recently, and don't recall seeing them there,but I could be wrong. I totally agree, it's a wonderful arrangement of amazing rocks. I love the bench you've created in the above photo, and everything I've seen from your property has made me envious , both in the amount of property you have, and the way you landscape your plants. I see you as reliable source of info, both in your frequent posts and years of experience. From a layman's point of view, I think trilliums would look great in front of that interesting log, but be careful, you might start a new addiction. You know, there are crazies in every group of plants : ) Thanks, Dan

From a layman's point of view, I think trilliums would look great in front of that interesting log, but be careful, you might start a new addiction. You know, there are crazies in every group of plants : )"
Dan

I know, trilliums are a bright delicate little plant to come upon in the woods. So far the only ones we have are natural to the property but I would want more. I've avoided chasing wild flowers around because they can be so hard to transplant.

I do have wild orchids, been trying to get a photo but the light is wrong or the battery is down. We moved them from a neighbor who was about to build a fire on them.

I don't "cleanup" the woods, just leave the limbs, leave and logs to decompose. I may move them around but I let God do as much work as I can.