Hosta Cutting Edge Succulents Well-drained soils are best since

Well-drained soils are best since Cyrtomium lonchitoides often grows in the wild as a lithophyte (on rocks)

expect the 20" wide clumps to be topped with light lavender flowers

it has proved to be the most imposing of the pokers that we grow

the winter deciduous Ruellia 'Black Beauty' makes a 10" tall x 18" wide clump of dark black thumb-shaped leaves

light purple with a yellow center

Hosta Cutting Edge Succulents Well-drained soils are best sinceHosta 'Cutting Edge' drew raves from the attendees at the American Hosta Society Convention in Minnesota even before the bar opened. This unique hybrid (H. 'Salute' x H. pycnophylla) makes a 27" wide clump of pointed, glossy, blue leaves with a distinctive wavy edge. The architectural clump is topped in summer with a 2'+ tall scape of lavender flowers.