Everyone seems to be enjoying photos of my garden so I thought I would show you a photo of my beautiful Tamukeyama cutleaf Japanese maple and a Hosta Gold Standard.
The rose, with the faded blooms, that you can see behind the hosta is my Compte de Chambord. Possibly the smelliest rose in my garden. When I say smelly I mean most beautifully scented rose.
This photo doesn’t really do the Japanese maple and hosta combo justice. The colors of these two plants are so vibrant and depending upon the light falling on them they can look slightly different at various times of day.
The hosta leaves range from a yellow tinged green to a chartreuse. All hosta’s love shade but this one actually needs a shady area as the leaves are very delicate and can be damaged by bright sun.
At this time of year the Japanese Maple’s leaves are a deep reddish maroon. In the early spring they are a bright light red, and in the fall they are an orangish fiery red. It’s a lovely small ornamental tree.
I think that the two plants complement each other nicely. What do you think?
I love that combo! Minus the rose, I have it in my yard. Instead of roses, the neighbors for my ‘combo’ are hydrangeas in various colors of blue and purple.
I wish I could get a nice picture like yours of my maple, but the leaves never show up to my satisfaction. I keep trying tho!
Love your blog. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for sharing this Tricia – I have both of these plants in my garden which is no longer flooded and I would never have thought about planting them next to each other. They look great.
Sara from farminfriends
It was to here you speak of your garden again. The Beauty of the plants shine.
Wow! You’re right, the hosta & Japanese Maple look beautiful together. What a pleasing combination! You have a great eye for beauty.
I love this picture! The colors of these plats contrast nicely. I love the color of the maple, It really makes the rest of the plants around it pop.
I hope to have some of those in my yard when I have a home.
Thanks for shareing!
Chitweed thanks! It is a nice combo isn’t it. I bought a hydrangea – I just have to figure out where I’m going to put it.
Thanks Sara – I guess if you ever decide to rearrange some of your plants I’ve given you an idea. 🙂
Thank you Donetta.
Thank you Dawn. Now that the Hosta is maturing it’s become a striking combination.
Holly I think the red Japanese maple would make any plant next to it look good. It’s such a beautiful tree.
It’s a lovely combination, and a lovely photo as well! You’ve got an eye for angles and proportions as well as colours.
Hosta–yet another plant we are unable to grow here in the Arizona desert. I enjoy looking at all the beautiful photos of popular plants of other regions, and wish I could grow them here.
I do agree that these two look great together! I just love Japanese Maples! My dad loves to grow hostas…we joke with him about being a hosta breeder! lol!
The combo is beautiful.
I really love that maple. It is striking
Hosta are beautiful. and i really like the red maple tree.
and together its almost perfect, you have given me some great ideas.