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Hostas
That is "hostas" as in shade loving plants! These are planted for the beautiful foilage...yellows, all shades of greens, and even blue tints. The flowers are liked by hummingbirds, but they are not the main show with these plants. They can go years without ever being divided and won't reseed like a weed. Nice plant that behaves itself.
If your not particular on specific types, sizes, etc. but have lots of shady areas in your yard, check out Gilbert H. Wild's "Hostas by the handful". He sells really nice bareroots @ $1 ea in lots of 100 or $35 is purchasing 25. (Compare that to the $7 - $15 greenhouse stock.) I've purchased from Wild twice and been very happy with the rapid growth of the plants.
In fact, I was too late to order hostas by the handful from Gilbert H. Wild one year and settled on the only other "hostas by the handful" on the internet. Big mistake...the other company sent the puniest little bitty roots possible. Even after growing for two years, the hostas from the competitor wasn't as vigorous as those I received from Gilbert H. Wild two years later.
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