Halcyon Hosta

Hosta x (Tardiana Group) 'Halcyon'

Pronunciation: HOSS-tuh tar-DI-a-na
SKU #04187
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An excellent hosta for a small garden with a compact, medium-sized mound of gorgeous, glaucous blue-green, flattened, heart-shape leaves. Pairs well with bright, variegated hosta varieties. The thick foliage is more slug resistant than others. Tall stems of showy pale lavender-mauve flowers emerge in summer. An herbaceous perennial.
LIGHT: Filtered sun, Full shade, Partial shade
WATER: Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy.
SIZE: Moderate growing; forms foliage clump 18 in. tall, 36 to 42 in. wide.

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Bloom TimeMidsummer
Deciduous/EvergreenHerbaceous
Special FeaturesAttracts Hummingbirds, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form
Problems/SolutionsErosion Control
Growth RateModerate
Flower AttributesShowy Flowers
Landscape UseBorder, Container
Design IdeasWith its preference for deep shade, Halcyon thrives in the dark beneath evergreen conifers. Also does fine with some filtered sun and makes a pretty back-border plant for Hosta beds under trees. Its blue-gray coloring looks best when it is used as a filler between more yellowish green plants and Fern.
Flower ColorPurplish-pink
Foliage ColorBlue-green
Companion PlantsCoral Bells (Heuchera); Astilbe (Astilbe); Lungwort (Pulmonaria); Ligularia (Ligularia); Painted Fern (Athyrium)
Care InstructionsProvide slightly acidic, evenly moist, well-drained, humusy soil. Avoid harsh sun exposures. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Remove old, faded foliage before new leaves emerge in early spring.
LoreHosta 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. 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.
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Bloom TimeMidsummer
Deciduous/EvergreenHerbaceous
Special FeaturesAttracts Hummingbirds, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form
Problems/SolutionsErosion Control
Growth RateModerate
Flower AttributesShowy Flowers
Style
Landscape UseBorder, Container
Design IdeasWith its preference for deep shade, Halcyon thrives in the dark beneath evergreen conifers. Also does fine with some filtered sun and makes a pretty back-border plant for Hosta beds under trees. Its blue-gray coloring looks best when it is used as a filler between more yellowish green plants and Fern.
Flower ColorPurplish-pink
Foliage ColorBlue-green
Companion PlantsCoral Bells (Heuchera); Astilbe (Astilbe); Lungwort (Pulmonaria); Ligularia (Ligularia); Painted Fern (Athyrium)
Care
Care InstructionsProvide slightly acidic, evenly moist, well-drained, humusy soil. Avoid harsh sun exposures. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Remove old, faded foliage before new leaves emerge in early spring.
History
LoreHosta 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. 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.

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