Rosa 'Double Delight'

Hosta montana 'Aureo Marginata'

A garden is never the same from one year to another. But still to me my garden represents a stability that I shared with my Rosemary. She had her favourites and I had mine. Some we shared. One of those plants was Rosa ‘Double Delight’. Not only was it unusually beautiful but it also had a lovely strong scent. When we moved from Kerrisdale to our Kits home 7 years ago the plant had died. Just a couple of years ago I found it again and bought it. Now it does not look all that good.

Lisa Montonen

When a few days ago I went to my local and nearby nursery, Hunter’s when I saw it I immediately purchased it.

Another plant that is a classic hosta is Hosta montana ‘Aureo Marginata’. In the last century I had a show of my individual hosta leaves or flowers with a beautiful woman called Lisa Montonen. I used that same Hosta montana to photograph years later with my ecdysiast friend Salem.

Salem

I was most upset when the plant died and because it was a hosta introduced many years ago it was not available anywhere in Vancouver. When I took my youngest daughter home after a lunch date I passed by GardenWorks nursery on our way to Burnaby. After dropping her off I did go to the nursery. They had two handsome Hosta montanas. I bought both!

Salem