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Stately white Hosta plantaginea--clearly the "Hosta of the week"--blooms behind Kirengeshoma palmata (AGM). The Hosta is a member of the Hostaceae family native to China and Japan and the genus is named after Nicolaus Host, a physician to the Austrian emperor.
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Hosta and Kirengeshoma
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Kirengeshoma and Sasaella
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The yellow Kirengeshoma flowers pickup the lighter creamy-yellow of the dwarf variegated Bamboo leaves--Sasaella masamuneana f. albostriata--just to the right of the little pools along the road to the potting shed.
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Another species of Cimicifuga blooms in the Woodlands.
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Cimicifuga ramosa
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Gentiana asclepiadea
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While not as good a photo as those of the white variety shown on August 2, the actual plants are equally wonderful with arching sprays of blue flowers.
AGM
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Blooming in the bright sun on the Cliff, a member of the Iridaceae family with the most humorous cultivar name of the day! The species--the only one of the genus--is native to China
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Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow'
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Paeonia obovata var. alba
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Although we missed the flowering of this Peony in the Gravel Garden, here are the amazing seed pods. The plump blue (fertile) seeds and the smaller magenta (infertile) seeds result in a startlingly beautiful three-part seed pod.
AGM
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Growing in the Woodland, the seed heads of this Hydrangea are turning a wonderfully delicate pink.
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Hydrangea quercifolia
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Scilla autumnalis
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Once again, it is not back to spring, but a late summer blooming Scilla in pale lavender drifts at the top of the Gravel Garden.
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Perhaps due to the recent sunny days, the mosaics of the Mosaic Plant growing in its own mini-pond on the Cliff keep getting better. There is now much more contrast between the red outer (older) leaves and the green inner (younger) leaves of each mosaic.
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Ludwigia hexapetala
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Tricyrtis formosana Stolonifera Group
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Continuing to the Himalayan Slope, Tricyrtis stolonifera is just starting to bloom and glows in the late day sun. A member of the Convallariaceae family native to Formosa. See also T. latifolia on June 21.
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The deep maroon flowers of Angelica gigas look even more exotic with their backdrop of Yellow Groove Bamboo-- Phyllostachys aureosulcata.
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Angelica gigas
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Angelica and Aralia racemosa
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Across the path, the seeds of Aralia racemosa are beginning to turn almost the same color as flowers of the Angelica gigas behind it. The Aralia is a member of the Araliaceae family.
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Just three weeks ago on August 2, Aralia californica had just finished blooming and its seeds were green--and now they are nearly black.
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Aralia californica
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Aralia californica
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A close-up of the seed heads shows just how much the precise spheres of seeds look like a "tinker toy."
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