I do have Virgil, and it's a beauty year round. I remember some years back, when I first realized, that semps weren't just green. I couldn't help but fall in love with them.
Oh Chris, not more snow.
The up side is that your semps exhibit very intense colors, because of your very cold winters.
I took my 2 yr old grand daughter shopping. She loved the plants. She loved S. 'Hopewell', so of course I had to take it home.