Scientific Name:
Hosta sieboldiana
Pronunciation:
HOSS-tuh see-bold-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:
blue hosta
Family Name:
Asparagaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:
Leaves blue-green, basal, ovate with cordate base.
Habit:
Arching, Dense, Spreading
Form:
Mounded, Vase
Texture:
Very coarse
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China (Japan)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Accent plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include H. 'Elegans'. Other cultivars on campus may include 'Frances Williams' (variegated), H. 'Gray Cole' (leaves puckered, deeply blue gray, and H. 'Love Pat', and H. 'Tokudama'. Compare to H. 'Blue Boy' (hybrid involving this parent with smaller leaves).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Heavily veined, Parallel venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, Green, H. sieboldiana 'Gray Cole' has puckered deeply blue gray leaves and
Colour in Fall:
Bluish, Green, Yellow
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Entire
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North : cv. Frances Williams q.2
- (MCF) Main Courtyard Fountain : (or hybrid: cv. Blue Boy)
- (PPL) Pine PLanting : cv. Gray Cole
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden : cvs. Love Pat, Tokudama