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Features
Characteristics
Attractive, heart-shaped, thick and heavily corrugated blue leaves have wavy margins. The large size of this plant also translates to large leaves: they can get up to 9" wide by 11" long. Pale lavender flowers appear in early to midsummer. Use this blue hosta to add some color to your shade garden. This plays well with ferns, hellebores, and other hostas.
- Foliage Interest
- Attracts: Hummingbirds
CHARACTERISTICS
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Height Category: Medium
- Garden Height: 17 Inches
- Scape Height: 25 - 28 Inches
- Spacing: 45 Inches
- Spread: 45 Inches
- Flower Colors: Purple
- Flower Shade: Pale Lavender
- Foliage Colors: Blue
- Foliage Shade: Heart-shaped, thick, and heavily corrugated
- Habit: Mounded
- Container Role: Filler
PLANT NEEDS
- Light Requirement: Part Shade to Shade
- Maintenance Category: Easy
- Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer
- Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
- Water Category: Average
- Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil, Fertile Soil
- Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil
- Uses: Container, Landscape, Mass Planting
- Maintenance Notes: Hostas grow best in moist, well-drained, organically enriched soil and full to part shade. Clean away the dead foliage after frost to prevent insect problems.
Photos courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc
Characteristics
Attractive, heart-shaped, thick and heavily corrugated blue leaves have wavy margins. The large size of this plant also translates to large leaves: they can get up to 9" wide by 11" long. Pale lavender flowers appear in early to midsummer. Use this blue hosta to add some color to your shade garden. This plays well with ferns, hellebores, and other hostas.
- Foliage Interest
- Attracts: Hummingbirds
CHARACTERISTICS
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Height Category: Medium
- Garden Height: 17 Inches
- Scape Height: 25 - 28 Inches
- Spacing: 45 Inches
- Spread: 45 Inches
- Flower Colors: Purple
- Flower Shade: Pale Lavender
- Foliage Colors: Blue
- Foliage Shade: Heart-shaped, thick, and heavily corrugated
- Habit: Mounded
- Container Role: Filler
PLANT NEEDS
- Light Requirement: Part Shade to Shade
- Maintenance Category: Easy
- Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer
- Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
- Water Category: Average
- Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil, Fertile Soil
- Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil
- Uses: Container, Landscape, Mass Planting
- Maintenance Notes: Hostas grow best in moist, well-drained, organically enriched soil and full to part shade. Clean away the dead foliage after frost to prevent insect problems.
Photos courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc
