Hostas in the June Rain Garden

In a drier part of our rain garden, the Patriot Hosta is flourishing. Although all hosta will not tolerate this lack of moisture, Patriot is quite forgiving and continues to multiply each year.

This Sum & Substance Hosta is planted near the overflow pipe from the rain barrels. Condensation from the AC unit also flows into the rain garden at this location. The fern directly below it's leaves also benefits from the added moisture.

Durham is currently 4 inches below normal in rainfall amounts for the year. Looking at the lush foliage in the rain garden above, it's obvious that this deficit hasn't been felt by any of these plants.
A careful selection of plant materials will assure an interesting and lush garden throughout the spring, summer and fall season.