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If you are unsure of what to use where, start with a pure green hosta. Just like your favorite pair of jeans, they go with everything. Hardy and often fragrant, they're the ones I reach for again and again when I'm trying to pull a design together.
The right choice for southern shade, or northern sun. Nothing beats the dimpled charm of Baby Bunting. Precisely shaped and cute as a button, this smaller hosta will be most appreciated near a walkway where you can give a small pat to their perfect round little leaves. One of my favorite small hostas.
12"
wide x 8" high, blue green dimpled foliage, with very pale lavender
blossoms in July.
All cool southern charm, but this one can take the heat, even full sun, without a hint of burn. The large rounded leaves are the frosty green of unripe tomatoes, and the intense "come hither" fragrance is irresistible and attractive to hummingbirds. Quickly fills in to an impressive three foot mound. Another outstanding sport of Guacamole.
36"
wide x 24" high, large rounded leaves, fragrant flared white flowers
in August, fast growing.
Loretta's choice for all-around best hosta!
This is the muscle car of the plant world. Hotshot performance that rips the competition- even weeds- and does it looking great. Depthless shine like you've lacquered and buffed every leaf with British racing green. Classic, ground hugging styling. The deeply glossy leaves stay fresh and shining throughout the heat, the fragrant lilac flowers smell hauntingly of my misspent youth and it's the first really successful ground cover I've ever used under my mature maples, where grass won't grow. It even spreads by underground runners, without being obnoxious to its inter-planted neighbors. Tell them to eat your dust!
18"
high, stolloniferous, green leaves, fragrant lavender flowers, one of
the better hostas for the south.
There are so many large greens available, and I wanted the best! I must be a hopeless romantic that I can't resist the lure of a hosta so substantial and impressive that it's named after the Komodo dragon. Heavily ruffled and pointed leaves that resemble a dragon's head, and a rapid growth rate set this one apart from the other big greens. Appears to be almost impervious to pests. This is my first year growing this particular hosta, and I think it's going to be a real attention getter.
50"
wide x 24" high, semi upright, arching leaves are large and pointed,
white flowers on 36" bloom scapes.
Lakeside Black Satin is a very glossy, very dark green that beautifully fulfills the difficult design function of a large but low and receding plant to help create the illusion of distance and depth. Pour a pool of shadow in front of a boulder, or plant several together in a small hollow and create the peace and feel of a woodland pond with almost none of the work or maintenance (or mosquitoes!) Use it anywhere you're trying to achieve more depth and contrast.
24"
wide x 9" high, leaves are very dark green and slightly reflexed,
the flowers are variable and two toned, white to lavender with rosy throats
appearing in July.
An unregistered offspring of the old fashioned September Lily of my grandmother's day, these are named for my neighbor, Leta Cooper, who found them by the doorstep of their old farmhouse. This is a medium sized dark green hosta, with intense, ultraviolet bloom in July and distinctive, long lasting seed pods. The premiere hosta for naturalizing a wild area, creating order and beauty out of scrub, these are self seeding but only if left undisturbed. That makes them easy to control, and economical to cover large areas. A swath of these meandering through the woods creates a river of green.
24"
wide x 18" high, bright purple blooms on 36 scapes, will self-sow
if undisturbed, dark green in shade with gold overtones in the sun.
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