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Broad heart-shaped blue green leaves with a creamy yellow edge create a lush mound of attractive heavily puckered foliage. Spikes of lavender flowers appear in summer. Herbaceous perennial. Partial to full shade. Moderate growing 18 to 24 in. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. Tissue culture.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Partial to full shade

Watering Needs: Needs wet or constantly moist soil.

Pruning Time: No Value

Growth Rate: Moderate Growing

Growth Habit: Clumping

Design Information

Companion Plants

PALACE PURPLE CORAL BELLS
Heuchera micrantha `Palace Purple`

BLUE SEDGE
Carex glauca

SERENDIPITY PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta x 'Serendipity'

KROSSA REGAL PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta x 'Krossa Regal'

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Design Styles: This moderately large mound of golden blue foliage is a perfect accent among darker foliage plants. Works well filling space between flowering shrubs or among Fern. With its purple flower spikes, this Hosta can also work as a perennial flower in beds and borders. Plant as a specimen in pots or troughs, and for leafy beauty around water gardens.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.

Background Information

Botanical Pronunciation: HOS-tuh

Catalog Description: Broad heart-shaped blue green leaves with a creamy yellow edge create a lush mound of attractive heavily puckered foliage. Spikes of lavender flowers appear in summer. Herbaceous perennial. Partial to full shade. Moderate growing 18 to 24 in. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. Tissue culture.