[Leica] IMG: Hosta or Plantain Lily

[Jim Nichols]

Don, the background foliage is Wintergreen Manhattan growing on my 
Cyclone fence.  The spiking shaft with purple flowers opening from 
bottom to top is Purple Hosta, or Plantain Lilies.  There are lots of 
kinds of Hostas.

On 6/21/20 5:58 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Based on the oof background foliage they are not hosta's.
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:12 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> The only blooming plants I have in my yard at this time are Hostas, or
>> Plantain Lilies, that my wife planted years ago.  Since I'm no gardener,
>> they "do their own thing", and I try to get an occasional photo.  The
>> difficulty is that they bloom up a stem, starting with the bottom row of
>> blooms and working to the top over a period of several days.  Hence, I
>> never find a fully open plant.  Here is the process getting underway.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200621-P6212111.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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