Hostas
Hostas are extremely popular, hardy herbaceous perennials grown primarily for their beautiful foliage. They are easy to grow, shade-tolerant plants. Their leaves come in a wide range of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures and may be solid in color or variegated in different combinations of blue, green, white, and gold. The plants are low maintenance. Also known as Plantain Lilies they are great for providing color and texture interest in troublesome, dark areas of your garden. Most Hostas send up long stems with bell-shaped flowers in mid-summer. Hostas may take a couple of years to develop some size. A common saying about most perennials that especially applies to Hostas is, “The first year they sleep; the second they creep and the third they leap.”
- See also our Hostas by the Bushel for naturalizing large areas. You may also be interested in our field-run Clump Specials.
Albo Marginata Hosta
Also known as ‘Silver Crown’ Albo Marginata Hosta has large leaves with white margins.
You may also be interested on our field-run Albo Marginata Clump Specials.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 16-20″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
August Moon Hosta
August Moon Hosta has large, heart-shaped corrugated leaves that emerge light green in spring and mature to medium yellow to chartreuse depending on how much sun it gets. The flowers are pale lavender and some say that because of the corrugation the leaves are slug resistant (opinions vary). With adequate moisture, August Moon Hosta will tolerate full sun where it will fade to a golden color.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade to Full sun
Captain Kirk Hosta
Captain Kirk is a large hosta with broad bright gold strongly veined leaves with wide dark green edges and pale lavender flowers. A sport of Gold Standard, but with wider edges and thicker leaves. Fast-growing and a lovely addition to your shade garden.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
First Frost Hosta
Hosta First Frost has deep blue-green leaves with yellow margins when it first emerges in Spring. By summer the margins will have faded to a creamy white. Its light lavender blooms appear in mid to late summer.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 18-22″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Fortunei ‘Aureo-Marginata’ Hosta
Hosta Fortunei ‘Aureo-Marginata’ has heart-shaped dark green leaves surrounded by irregular yellowish-green margins. Funnel-shaped mauve flowers are borne 30 or more inches above the foliage in late summer.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 18-22″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Francee Hosta
Hosta Francee is one of the best of the white margined hostas. It is extremely sun tolerant. Hosta Francee has dark green leaves edged in creamy white and puts out spikes of lavender trumpet-shaped flowers in early summer. It will grow to a clump 2 feet tall, and 3 feet wide.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 18-22″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Gold Standard Hosta
Hosta Gold Standard is a golden Hosta with a dark green edge. It is light green at first and turns progressively more golden as the summer nears. Morning sun will enhance the gold color, but keep out of full sun or the yellow may whiten and scortch. Pale lavender flowers on spikes emerge later in the season above the foliage.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Guacamole Hosta
Guacamole Hosta has wide heart-shaped leaves the color of fresh guacamole. The chartruse centers become brighter in the summer sun while the edges remain dark blue-green. The large lavender-to-white flowers appear in late summer and are very fragrant.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Minuteman Hosta
Hosta Minuteman is a sport of ‘Francee,’ but with a much richer, darker green center and wide bright white margins – the brightest you can find. It’s vigorous, but will take a few years to become a nice full clump. Short stems of lavender flowers grace the foliage in late summer.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 18-22″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Night Before Christmas Hosta
Night Before Christmas is a medium sized variegated Hosta with huge dark green leaves whose centers turn from a creamy white to bright white by mid-summer. The pale lavender flowers appear in mid to late summer, attracting hummingbirds and songbirds.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 18″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
Royal Standard Hosta
Royal Standard is a fast growing Hosta that can take some sun and has attractive shiny green heart-shaped leaves with white flowers. They bloom profusely and are one of very few Hostas that can be grown in Zone 8b Florida.
See Also: Our field-run Clump Specials.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 20-24″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
Sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ Hosta
Hosta Sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ is a very large hosta growing to 30″ tall and 48″ in diameter. However, it’s a slow grower, taking several years to reach its mature size. It has beautiful large thick-textured, smoky blue, slightly frosted leaves measuring up to 12 inches across with whitish flowers on 40 inch stems blooming in mid-summer. Deep veins give the leaves a corrugated look. Even though slugs love Hostas, this one is usually spared.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 30-34″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Vulcan Hosta
Vulcan Hostas have heart-shaped dark green margins with bright white centers and pale yellow-green streaks in between. A medium-sized hosta, its lavender flowers appear in mid to late summer, rising up to 24″. Vulcan is a white-centered sport of “Captain Kirk,” above.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Wide Brim Hosta
Hosta Wide Brim is a medium sized Hosta. It has wide, corrugated leaves with dark, bluish-green centers and wide, irregular margins of pale buttery yellow turning to cream. In mid to late summer buds open to pale lavender flowers on 24″ stems.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Wolverine Hosta
Wolverine is a medium sized Hosta with long, lance-shaped, shiny, blue-green leaves with a rippled, golden margin that can reach 10″ long. In late summer, it produces lavender flowers on 20 in. stems.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 1.5 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24-28″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Partial Shade/Shady
Hosta Mixture
A mixture of various colored Hostas.
See Also: Bushels of Bulbs for field-run Mixed Hostas to naturalize large areas.
Size: 2-3 eyes
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 16-24″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
Green Leaf Hosta By the Bushel
Green-leaved Hostas can generally can take some sun and have attractive shiny green heart-shaped leaves with white or mauve flowers. Use along ponds, woodlands, or in the border. Height listed corresponds to average foliage height. One bushel (approximately 100 bulbs) will cover an average of 150 sq. ft.
Size: 1-2 eye divisions
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
Mixed Hosta By the Bushel
Our Mixed Hostas by the Bushel are a mixture of green, blue-grey and variegated leaf varieties. One bushel (approximately 100 bulbs) will cover an average of 150 sq. ft.
Size: 1-2 eye divisions
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
Variegated Leaf Hosta By the Bushel
Variegated Leaf Hostas feature many different color patterns, with cream or yellow in their leaves that look like blotches or stripes. One bushel (approximately 100 bulbs) will cover an average of 150 sq. ft.
Size: 1-2 eye divisions
Plant: 1 Root Per 2 Sq Ft
Bloom Time: Summer
Planting Depth: Cover with 2″ of soil
Height: 24″
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Shady
