I am not a big fan of Hosta flowers. I like them the moment they first appear but end up deadheading the plants long before they're finished flowering.
August flowering Hosta ' Royal Standard' has huge white flowers that are fragrant so those always get to mature on the plant.
The Hostas pictured above are growing at the end of the driveway out by the street. Across from them in the traffic island bed are 'Summer Beauty' Alliums.
This is a popular Allium variety locally and almost every gardener I know is growing it. That's Geranium 'Roxanne' growing in its midst.
The concrete of the street makes a surprisingly nice backdrop for the Allium flowerheads.
I have enough Alliums that i am free to cut as many as I want for indoors. Last week my vase was mostly Alliums with a few smaller flowered Hosta stems.
This week is the opposite. Once the Alliums started to fade, I replaced them with large Hosta flowers that are mostly in the bud stage. They lose a lot of that drama as they open to my eye.
To see what flowers other gardeners have put in a vase this week, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts this Monday meme.
