Lakeside Looking Glass Hosta is a perennial shade plant suitable for Zone 4 gardens. It has ruffled shiny dark green leaves and purple blooms in the summer. Purchasing this Hosta was a must have from the first time I saw a picture of it in a Hosta Journal. Dark Shiny Leaves The dark green shiny […]
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Kabitan Hosta is probably not written about very often. It has been around for some time, and maybe gets overlooked with all the new Hostas on the market now. It is a small Hosta, maybe 8 to 10 inches tall. Kabitan has a thinner texture to the leaves and so makes it a wonderful salad […]
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Komodo Dragon Hosta is a zone 4 perennial shade plant that can grow up to six feet wide. It has large heavy dark green leaves that are quite slug resistant. Find more growing information on this Hosta. Komodo Dragon Hosta Is A Large Plant! Hosta ‘Komodo Dragon’ will grow to a large plant, with a […]
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‘Bridegroom’ Hosta features satiny dark green leaves that taper to slender upturned tips making the leaves look almost triangular. Use this perennial in a shady spot in your garden. The leaves stand upright and are elongated and have wavy edges with upturned tips, and this is what makes it so unusual. This Hosta caught my […]
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Summer Breeze hosta is a medium to large hosta with bright yellow green heavy corrugated leaves. Find out more about this beautiful Zone 4 shade perennial. Sometimes you have to wait a year or two for Hostas to strut their stuff! Summer Breeze Hosta – The Hosta I Didn’t Need Summer Breeze Hosta was almost […]
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Jack of Diamonds Hosta is a slow growing perennial that has bluish-gray textured leaves with a wide yellow margin. It is a shade perennial suitable for zone 4 Northern climates and adds a nice amount of interest with its variegated leaves. Plant this where you need a bit of interest to break up a lot […]
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Liberty hosta is a zone 4 shade garden perennial that won the 2012 Hosta of the Year award. See photos and notes below about how to grow this beautiful plant. I was reading online this morning about the 2012 Hosta of the Year, Liberty Hosta and was reminded of why I purchased the plant in […]
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Flemish Sky Hosta is a smaller zone 4 shade perennial that blooms in late fall. This Hosta is slug resistant and has large blue-green, pointed and rippled leaves. Flemish Sky is a smaller size Hosta that I have had for about 3 years now and it has given me a bonus of gorgeous white blooms […]
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Sagae Hosta is an amazing semi-upright mound of yellow margined foliage. The Hosta leaves are wavy and rippled on their edges. It is a garden showpiece. The plant is gorgeous and the vase shaped specimen in the garden will be a focal point to catch everyone’s attention. It is great for a background plant behind […]
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Big Daddy Hosta is a large blue hosta that has large white flowers, is slug resistant, and grows in deep shade. Learn how to grow this zone 4 perennial. Big Daddy is probably one of the best large Blue Hostas in the industry. It was registered by Paul Aden in 1978. It has a rich […]
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