Elegans Hosta
Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'
Mounds of extra-large, blue-green, heart shaped foliage with heavy ribbing create the perfect background for garden beds; delicate, white flowers appear on arching scapes during the mid summer; adds texture and contrast; low maintenance and easy to grow
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Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Elegans Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its wonderfully bold | coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced garden composition.
Ornamental Qualities
Elegans Hosta features dainty spikes of white bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive enormous textured heart-shaped leaves emerge powder blue in spring | turning blue in color throughout the season.
Planting and Growing
Elegans Hosta will grow to be about 28 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 4 feet apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers partial shade to shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
3'Hx4'W
Flowers are white
Flowers in mid summer
Known to be safe
Tolerates wet ground.