Serendipity Plantain Lily
Hosta x 'Serendipity'
A new dwarf Hosta, excellent for edging and in foreground plantings. Blue leaves make an excellent contrast with green leafed plants. Extremely heavy bloomer. Herbaceous.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Rapid growing, small clumps 10 in. high, 12 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Early summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4184 |
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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.
Design Ideas
This resilient groundcover Hosta offers great weed control for under shrubs and in partly shaded areas that are too sunny for other Hosta. A reliable filler under deciduous shade trees; plant densely to create a mass or continuous edging.
Companion Plants
This blue, very short Hosta is stunning when combined with variegated plants such as Variegated Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor 'Variegata') and Variegated Broad-leaved Sedge (Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'). Works nicely against the foliage of Alaskan Fern (Polystichum setiferum) and the fluffy Luxuriant Fringed Bleeding Heart (Dicentra x 'Luxuriant').
History
The genus Hosta contains over 40 species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea is the ancestor of most modern hybrids, introduced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Serendipity is the result of a cross between 'Blue Cadet' and the Japanese species, H. tokudama.
Lore
Hosta was named by the Austrian, Leopold Trattinick who honored his friend and fellow countryman, Dr. N.T. Host.
A new dwarf Hosta, excellent for edging and in foreground plantings. Blue leaves make an excellent contrast with green leafed plants. Extremely heavy bloomer. Herbaceous.
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.
Design Ideas
This resilient groundcover Hosta offers great weed control for under shrubs and in partly shaded areas that are too sunny for other Hosta. A reliable filler under deciduous shade trees; plant densely to create a mass or continuous edging.
Companion Plants
This blue, very short Hosta is stunning when combined with variegated plants such as Variegated Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor 'Variegata') and Variegated Broad-leaved Sedge (Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'). Works nicely against the foliage of Alaskan Fern (Polystichum setiferum) and the fluffy Luxuriant Fringed Bleeding Heart (Dicentra x 'Luxuriant').
History
The genus Hosta contains over 40 species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea is the ancestor of most modern hybrids, introduced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Serendipity is the result of a cross between 'Blue Cadet' and the Japanese species, H. tokudama.
Lore
Hosta was named by the Austrian, Leopold Trattinick who honored his friend and fellow countryman, Dr. N.T. Host.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Rapid growing, small clumps 10 in. high, 12 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Early summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4184 |
