too bad elegans is in a bit too much sun ... shown by the wearing off of the blue wax ... though it might be a function of overhead watering ...

regardless ... i bet its grown faster and lusher in the increased sun ...

nice planting.. whats the ground cover.. a yellow flowering sedum??? .. if so.. you dont happen to have a pic when its in bloom????

thx for the pic ..

ken

Inexplicably lost a nice Cornus mas that previously shaded the area and now there's about 3 hours of direct sun. For the most part the plants have adjusted. Astilbe, ferns, Pachysandra, and a couple Aruncus all still doing nicely. Glad you liked the pic.

I see what appears to be an elderberry in the background too. Lovely grouping!

I lost half of a peach tree this year that provided shade to my enormous blue hosta (probably elegans) and it is suffering terribly. Most of the leaves are crisp and yellow. I've been considering adding some sort of shade cloth over it.

Nice textures.

Pretty and lovely textures! Great photo!

The ground cover is Pachysandra which has white flowers. Ken, I have a yellow-flowering sedum and it is called Angelina. You might be referring to another which I also have but the foliage is almost a miniature version of what you are referring to in the above photo. Name escapes me at moment, sorry.