Plant: Shadowland® Giant 'Empress Wu' Hosta - Large
Hosta · Hosta 'Empress Wu'
$24.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Part Shade
Bloom
Summer
More about this plant
A giant hosta with deeply veined blue green leaves that form a mound 3 to 4 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide at maturity. Pale lavender flowers open in early to midsummer. It suits part to full shade in zones 3 to 9 and makes a bold focal point in a shaded garden.
- Part Shade
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A giant hosta with deeply veined blue green leaves that form a mound 3 to 4 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide at maturity. Pale lavender flowers open in early to midsummer. It suits part to full shade in zones 3 to 9 and makes a bold focal point in a shaded garden.
- Flowers
- Pale lavender trumpet shaped blooms appear in early to midsummer just above the foliage.
- Foliage
- Giant, deeply veined blue green leaves forming a very large mound.
- Fruit
- Small loculicidal capsules that split open at maturity in fall, releasing small, flat, winged black seeds.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- No pruning is needed. The foliage dies back in late fall or winter and the dead leaves can be removed then. Divide clumps every 3 to 5 years in early spring as the leaves emerge.
- Native range
- The genus is native to the Russian Far East, China, Japan and Korea; named cultivars are garden selections.
