Originating from the Orient, and first introduced to Europe in the mid-19th century, breeders often produce new introductions with intriguing attributes.
Boasting sculptural foliage, the flowers are ideal cut for a floral arrangement for your home, particularly if you grow Hosta plants mostly for their decorous leaves – this way you get a vase or bouquet with intriguing flowers as an added bonus!
Collection comprises; ‘Pauls Glory’ - one of the larger varieties with intriguing, colour changing, heart-shaped leaves, starting with a green tinge to their variegation then the golden colour of the centres intensify to cream hues, height and spread 1m; ‘Wide Brim’ - one of the larger leaved varieties with wavy-edged, heart-shaped leaves with blue-green interiors and brims, in irregular stripes of creamy-yellow, and pale-lavender blooms, height 60cm, spread 1m; and 'Blue Mouse Ears' - a daintier plant, displaying small but robust blue-green textured leaves, ideal for a pot, pale purple, bell-shaped flowers are produced in June and July, height and spread 40cm.
Perfect as groundcover and happy in containers, these hardy Hosta prefer a spot which benefits from moist, well-drained soil in partial to full shade.
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