Hosta
- Botanical Name
- Hosta
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 2 to 36 inches plus
- Width
- 3 to 72 inches
- Flowers
- Most June thru July, some September to October: white, lavender, purple
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 12 to 36 inches apart
- Divide in late spring or early summer
- Mulch to prevent frost heaving
- Problems
- Slugs, earwigs, deer, rabbits, voles, anthracnose, scorch in sun and drought, late spring frost damage
- Varieties
- Guacamole - 24"x54", shiny, gold centered, green margined leaves, fragrant lavender flowers
- June - 15"x30", yellow-green leaves irregularly rimmed with blue, slug resistant, bluish-lavender flowers
- Prairie Sky - 18"x30", puckered powdery blue leaves
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