Hosta 'Purple Glory' (Plantain lily 'Purple Glory')
Other names: Hosta atropurpurea
'Purple Glory' is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial forming a mound of broadly lance-shaped to ovate, wavy-margined, veined mid- to light green leaves. Dense racemes of funnel-shaped, purple flowers bloom on tall, slender, red-purple scapes in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta 'Night before Christmas' (Hosta 'Night before Christmas')
'Night before Christmas' is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial producing a mound of glossy, ovate to heart-shaped, slightly twisted, dark-green leaves with creamy-white centres. Racemes of funnel-shaped, pale lavender flowers bloom on tall, slender scapes in summer.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta 'Fire and Ice' (Hosta 'Fire and Ice')
'Fire and Ice' is an herbaceous perennial grown for its attractive foliage. Its has large, puckered, heart-shaped leaves that are cream with wide green, irregular margins. In summer, it bears spikes of lavender, bell-shaped flowers on upright stems
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta tardiana 'Hadspen Blue' (Hosta 'Hadspen Blue')
'Hadspen Blue' is a small, herbaceous perennial with grey-blue, smooth, heart-shaped leaves and pale purple, bell-shaped flowers in summer.
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0.35m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'El Nino' (Hosta 'El Nino' )
Other names: Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'El NiƱo'
'El Nino' is a compact, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial forming a mound of ovate to heart-shaped, blue-green leaves with wide, irregular white margins. Tall scapes bear racemes of bell-shaped, lavender flowers in summer.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta 'Paxton's Original' (sieboldii) (Plantain lily 'Paxton's Original' )
Other names: Hosta sieboldii 'Albomarginata', Hosta albomarginata, Hosta sieboldii 'Variegata', Hosta 'Koba Giboshi', Funkia albomarginata, Hosta 'Albomarginata' (sieboldii'
'Paxton's Original' is a compact, mound-forming, deciduous perennial bearing narrowly ovate, veined, olive green leaves with thin, white margins. Upright, leafy scapes bear racemes of funnel-shaped, deep violet flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta sieboldii var. sieboldii f. kabitan (Kabitan's plantain lily )
Other names: Hosta 'Kabitan', Hosta 'Viridis Marginata', Hosta sieboldii 'Kabitan'
H. sieboldii var. sieboldii f. kabitan is a mound-forming, deciduous perennial bearing broadly lance-shaped, pale yellow to yellow-green leaves with dark green margins and upright to arching scapes bearing loose racemes of fragrant, funnel-shaped, light purple flowers in summer.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta 'Chinese Sunrise' (Plantain lily 'Chinese Sunrise')
Other names: Hosta cathayana 'Nakafu', Hosta lancifolia 'Chinese Sunrise', Hosta cathayana 'Variegata'
'Chinese Sunrise' is a mound-forming, herbaceous perennial bearing glossy, lance-shaped, veined, yellow-green leaves with narrow, green margins, the entire leaf turning green by late summer. Sturdy scapes bear racemes of bell-shaped, lavender flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta tokudama 'Flavocircinalis' (Tokudama plantain lily 'Flavocircinalis')
Other names: Tokudama hosta 'Flavocircinalis', Hosta 'Tokudama 'Flavocircinalis', Hosta tokudama f. flavocircinalis
'Flavocircinalis' is a slow-growing, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with puckered, ovate to heart-shaped, blue-green leaves with creamy-yellow margins and narrow stalks bearing racemes of bell-shaped, grey-white flowers in summer.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta 'Aureomarginata' (ventricosa) (Gold-edged blue plantain lily)
Other names: Hosta ventricosa 'Aureomarginata', Hosta 'Variegata' (ventricosa), Hosta 'Ventricosa Variegata'
'Aureomarginata' is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial bearing broadly ovate to heart-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves with bold, irregular, pale yellow margins and erect scapes bearing bell-shaped, purple flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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