Regal Splendor Plantain Lily
Hosta x 'Regal Splendor'
A superb creamy gold edged version of 'Krossa Regal'. The blue-green foliage surrounded by gold margins bring dazzling color to any shade garden. A stunning, upright, vase-shaped variety. Tall, slender stalks of soft lavender, trumpet shaped blooms.
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous growth to 3 feet tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 0701 |
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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
Exceptional hosta for massing beneath the canopy of shade trees. Perfect for fleshing out foundation beds under low windows. Popular candidate for sideyards and smaller urban plots suffering from over-influence by multistory buildings. A real standout in large pots.
Companion Plants
Group this beauty with other vivid shade garden plants such as Stop Light Foamy Bells, (x Heucherella 'Stop Light'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart, (Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'), Evergreen Solomon's Seal, (Disporopsis pernyi) and Blue Bird Columbine, (Aqueligia 'Blue Bird').
History
The genus Hostacontains over forty different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea, from which most ofour modern hybrids descend reached Europe in the 1780s. It was first introducced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Much breeding has produced a huge range of platns with a variety of qualities. This is a new variety discovered as a sport of H. 'Krossa Regal'. It was awarded Host of the Year for 1983.
Lore
Hosta is the grown up cousin to the plantain weed, which came to America with colonials. It naturalized so easily that Native American's claimed it sprang up wherever the white man walked.
A superb creamy gold edged version of 'Krossa Regal'. The blue-green foliage surrounded by gold margins bring dazzling color to any shade garden. A stunning, upright, vase-shaped variety. Tall, slender stalks of soft lavender, trumpet shaped blooms.
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
Exceptional hosta for massing beneath the canopy of shade trees. Perfect for fleshing out foundation beds under low windows. Popular candidate for sideyards and smaller urban plots suffering from over-influence by multistory buildings. A real standout in large pots.
Companion Plants
Group this beauty with other vivid shade garden plants such as Stop Light Foamy Bells, (x Heucherella 'Stop Light'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart, (Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'), Evergreen Solomon's Seal, (Disporopsis pernyi) and Blue Bird Columbine, (Aqueligia 'Blue Bird').
History
The genus Hostacontains over forty different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea, from which most ofour modern hybrids descend reached Europe in the 1780s. It was first introducced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Much breeding has produced a huge range of platns with a variety of qualities. This is a new variety discovered as a sport of H. 'Krossa Regal'. It was awarded Host of the Year for 1983.
Lore
Hosta is the grown up cousin to the plantain weed, which came to America with colonials. It naturalized so easily that Native American's claimed it sprang up wherever the white man walked.
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous growth to 3 feet tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 0701 |
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