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Plant: So Sweet - Hosta - Small
Hosta · Hosta 'So Sweet'
$16.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Part Shade
Bloom
Summer
More about this plant
A fragrant hosta with glossy green leaves edged in creamy white to yellow, the margins fading to white through the season. White fragrant flowers open in July and August. Reported sizes vary from about 9 to 24 inches tall; it tolerates part to full shade and flowers best with some sun.
- Part Shade
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A fragrant hosta with glossy green leaves edged in creamy white to yellow, the margins fading to white through the season. White fragrant flowers open in July and August. Reported sizes vary from about 9 to 24 inches tall; it tolerates part to full shade and flowers best with some sun.
- Flowers
- White, fragrant flowers in July and August.
- Foliage
- Glossy green leaves with creamy white to yellow margins that fade to white as the season progresses.
- 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.
