Plant of the Week - Episode 608
Other Featured Plants

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Nancy Matthews
Bullock, NC

Common Name: 
Hosta

Type:
herbaceous perennial

Flowers:
Most species of Hosta are grown for their large, striking foliage rather than their flowers, but Hosta plantaginea has large, white very fragrant flowers in late summer. Blue leaved forms require shade, while green leaved types can take more sun.

Foliage:
Leaves come in a wide range of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures and may be solid in color or variegated in different combinations of blue, green, white, and gold.

Culture:
partial shade to shade

Other:
The plants are low maintenance and are widely available in nurseries and garden centers.
Many catalogs also offer a large selection of hosta plants, with more than 2,500 different cultivars on the market.
Size depends on the cultivar.