Halcyon Hosta

Name: Halcyon Hosta
Brand: Monrovia
SKU: 04187

Hosta x (Tardiana Group) 'Halcyon'

Pronunciation: HOSS-tuh tar-DI-a-na

SKU #04187

USDA Zone

4-8

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OVERVIEW
Description	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
Watering	Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy.
Blooms	Midsummer
Mature Size	Moderate growing; forms foliage clump 18 in. tall, 36 to 42 in. wide.

DETAILS
Deciduous/Evergreen	Herbaceous
Special Features	Attracts Hummingbirds, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form
Growth Rate	Moderate
Flower Attributes	Showy Flowers

STYLE
Landscape Use	Border, Container
Design Ideas	With 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 Color	Purplish-pink
Foliage Color	Blue-green
Companion Plants	Coral Bells (Heuchera); Astilbe (Astilbe); Lungwort (Pulmonaria); Ligularia (Ligularia); Painted Fern (Athyrium)

CARE
Care	Provide 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
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. 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 Plant's Growing Zones: 4-8