Scientific Name:	Hosta 'Aristocrat'
Pronunciation:	HOSS-tuh
Common Name:	Aristocrat hosta
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves thick, variegated with gold centers and irregular blue-green margins, in a thick mound.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Form: Texture: Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Waterside planting, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Blue, (pale lavender) Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Fleshy monocot roots

Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Slugs or snails

Location(s): (PPL) Pine PLanting Location Map

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