Gladiolus Sunset Sky Arisaema The back of each olive-green

The back of each olive-green colocasia-like leaf is beautifully patterned with dark purple blotches

Hosta 'Winter Snow' makes a massive 5' wide clump of huge chartreuse leaves

At the UK's Wisley trials it was #2 in public voting after Dennis's Buddleia 'Miss Ruby'

The huge glossy green evergreen foliage serves as nice foil to the April-borne

The tight 1' tall x 2' wide mound of silver blue foliage is topped for us

Gladiolus Sunset Sky Arisaema The back of each olive-greenGladiolus 'Sunset Sky' is a 1965 hybrid, that's perennialized well for us in Zone 7b. The 3' tall spike, open in late May (NC) with very ruffled flowers showing various shades of yellow, surrounded by a prominent orange border.