With the deer issues I have here, I've about given up on hostas. Pulmonarias are a great alternative. They have a similar shape and form of some hostas, but the deer don't seem to like them at all - yay for pulmonarias! I also like the flowers that emerge in spring. Late last summer after the deer had completely eaten the row of mature hostas that have bordered my front walkway for 20 years, I decided I was finally tired of fighting it and became pretty obsessed with finding every cultivar of pulmonaria locally that I could. As it was late in the season there wasn't much out there, but I'll be on the lookout again next spring. A great pairing is with polemonium aka Jacobs Ladder. They bloom at the same time and the structural elements of the two plants look really nice together. I was introduced to that garden gem of a pairing when I saw a photo that
@Catmint20906 posted a few years ago.
Cultivars that I have in my gardens
