Botanical Name
Hosta
Mature Sizes
Leaf size ranges from petite (few inches long) to gigantic (few feet long). Depending on growing conditions and variety, individual plants range in size from six inches high and a foot or less across to 3-4 feet high and 5-6 feet across.
Landscape Uses
Leaf size ranges from petite (few inches long) to gigantic (few feet long). Depending on growing conditions and variety, individual plants range in size from six inches high and a foot or less across to 3-4 feet high and 5-6 feet across.
Description
Reliable and hardy with countless combinations of leaf color, shape, and texture, broad leaves emerge from a central crown and develop into a mounded form. Leaves come in colors from bright green to gold and even blue tones; variegation can result in an edging or center of white, cream or gold; or splashes of color. Leaf texture varies and can be smooth, veined, or even puckered. Descriptions such as heart-shaped, lance-like, and cupped characterize different leaf shapes. The flower stalks hold bell-like blossoms of white or lavender to blue
