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| Hosta 'Potomac Pride' (dark green) - Hosta 'Fortunei Aureomarginata' and fallen leaves from Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin' - 3 August 2025 |
Sometimes in my intense garden scanning season I may forget to use my cameras to shoot the garden. Today was a pleasant exception when I passed by the very dark and glossy Hosta ‘Potomac Pride’ which was the official American Hosta Society 1995 Convention plant in Washington DC.
I went to that convention and I brought my plant inside my suitcase sandwiched between two wet newspapers. I would not think of doing that now!
The other hosta,. Hosta ‘Fortunei Aureomarginata', is even older as I may have purchased it around 1988.
The fallen rose leaves are from the above tall Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin’ which has two claims for some fame. It is the last rose in all rose catalogues and it is one of the few roses free of prickles (the official botanical nomenclature for rose thorns).
For the photograph I used my Fuji X-E3 digital camera.
