Plant: Shadowland® Giant 'Hudson Bay' Hosta - Large
Hosta · Hosta 'Hudson Bay'
$24.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Part Shade
Bloom
Summer
More about this plant
A giant sport of 'Eskimo Pie' with tricolor foliage: a creamy white center, a blue margin and green streaks between. Near white flowers open on white scapes in early summer. Proven Winners gives 3 to 3.5 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide in part to full shade, hardy in zones 3 to 9.
- Part Shade
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A giant sport of 'Eskimo Pie' with tricolor foliage: a creamy white center, a blue margin and green streaks between. Near white flowers open on white scapes in early summer. Proven Winners gives 3 to 3.5 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide in part to full shade, hardy in zones 3 to 9.
- Flowers
- Near white flowers on white scapes in early summer (Proven Winners lists the flower colour as light purple; other nurseries say cream).
- Foliage
- Tricolor leaves with a creamy white center, blue margin and green streaking between.
- 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.
