Elegans Hosta
Price range: $18.99 through $25.99
Product Description
Elegans Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large, heart-shaped basal leaves are powdered blue-green and deeply corrugated vein ribs. Small bell-like white flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound from late spring into summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best color in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. Elegans is slug damage resistant.
| Type: | Perennial |
| Height: | 2′ – 3′ |
| Spread: | 3′ – 4’ |
| Spacing: | 3’ |
| USDA Hardiness Zone: | 4 – 9 |
| Culture: | Part Sun, Full Shade |
| Bloom Color: | White |
| Season of Interest: | Spring, Summer |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked. Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed. Otherwise, little to no problems.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Columbine, Lungwort, Bleeding Heart
IMAGES: I, Epibase, Hosta sieboldiana Elegans2UME, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photoset by F. D. Richards, Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ 6/2021 Plantain Lily- (1)+(2), (3) Hardyplants, Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
Additional information
| Weight | 10 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8 × 8 × 30 in |
| Size | 1 GALLON, 2 GALLON |
