Never mind what color, what about growth habit, as in an upright like say 'Regal Splendor'....

Pieter

2 x Prairie Moon or Moon Lily

Agree with mikgag above. I think you need a solid bright color.

tj

2 Rainforest Sunrise?

I am with the rest of the gang……. 2 yellows…….Marilyn, 2 Orange Marmalade, Remember Me, Munchkin Fire (small), Fire Island…….or if you want bright you can also consider maybe Fire & Ice, or Revolution .

debra

Would Curly Fries or Wiggles and Squiggles be too small? They would give you a contrast in form as well as color.

A June,Orange Marmalade, Dancing Queen or Luna Moth

Ben, I like your suggestions. I was thinking Dragon Tails. Agree that color and form change would be good.

i have a more important question ... what do you use all that lawn for.. and why arent the bed 4 times as deep???

ken

Yellows are a great idea, but I think I'd go for more of a chartreuse. I like the Dragon Tails idea, but it might be too small or you could plant three in each spot. Curly Fries might fit better and is pretty available (then why don't I have one?) IF you think that might be a little too big and you can find it, my first choice would be Gila River. It comes out in spring a nice bright yellow and turns chartreuse. It is narrowly variegated which makes the rippled edges stand out more. (May 20)

(June 7)

It got moved last year into a shadier spot, so its still recovering a little. In more sun (full morning sun until noon, then shade) it stays yellow or bleaches out after new leaves emerge light green/chartreuse as seen in last year's pic from early June. It ended up too bleached and a little tattered, hence the move into more shade.

Nice, tall scapes with big flowers is a bonus. Bought in August 2018.

I like Rainforest Sunrise there too for a nice small, upright, puckered, mostly yellow, that stays yellow and is readily available kind of way. Prairie Moon starts out great, but ends up being green in what looks like a pretty shady spot for you.

Thank you for all the suggestions, everyone! I've been looking them all up, and roughly cutting and pasting them into my pic, so see which looks I like. Definitely want something bright. Maybe solid yellow, or yellow in the centre, which would be the opposite of Wide Brim.

Wish I'd posted this question back in the spring before I placed my Hosta order, because it's probably too late to get them from online sources now, and even big box garden centres are pretty picked over.

Might try putting something I already have there for now, so see how it looks.

This is one NOID that *might* work. I have lots of it to spare. Though it might be too green.

Oh, and Ken, ironically the lawn beside the bed grows nicer than anywhere else on the property, so I'm hesitant to dig it up. Someday, maybe.

gardenchick your NOID might be Lemon Lime if the flowers are a fairly dark purple. I adore LL.

Here's a couple pics of my NOID's flowers, that might help identify it. It's a fast growing, low clumping, and really easy to divide hosta.

The NOID looks like Lemon Lime to me too.

Braved the heat and moved around some hostas today, and put the NOIDs / possible Lemon Limes where the Undulatas were. Hopefully I can get something better next spring, but at least for now, no more clashing.

And the 2 Undulatas found a home in a dark corner that needed brightening up.

Before:

Now:

The 2 NOIDs / possibly Blue Boy's in the top pic have been temporarily located to another area, but may go up for adoption, as I already have a couple more of them in other spots.

Looking great (both sites), not sure why you'd want to replace the two noid/Lemon Limes.

Nicely done, GC.

steve duggins and undertheoaksgardener: Thank you, both.

steve: I like the way it looks now, but would possibly like something more yellow, and I'm not convinced my NOIDs are Lemon Limes, as I don't recall them being very yellow in the spring. Will have to pay better attention next year.

Taking lots of spring pictures can really help with ID. Also, it’s amazing to see how much they change from beginning to unfurl to fully leafed out. I love seeing the changes throughout the year.

debra

Here's a pic taken in May, with part of one of them next to First Frost. Is that considered "yellow"?