but what you'll see more of is the structure of the whole plant, which can be extremely messy: leggy, floppy, poor color, and sparse.
Yes, this is what I am not interested in - but my wife still wants to try! I don't mind if we have them in pots though, because we can move them around as needed.
Hosta, some of the multitude of varieties have lovely flowers, and are easy long-lived perennials, as long as deer can't get to them.
Will have a look into this. The deer were a problem for the tulips around, but they cleared some forest and now they are pretty rare here. I can't do hydrangeas though - bad memories from childhood!
Whew! I feel like I got something off my chest!
Glad to hear - now you can have a relaxed weekend ;D
Traumatized by Hydrangea? That must have been something.