Plant: Sum & Substance - Hosta - Large
Hosta · Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
$16.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Part Shade
Bloom
Summer
More about this plant
A giant hosta, 30 to 36 inches tall and 5 to 6 feet across, with pale lavender bell shaped flowers on tall scapes in mid to late summer. It grows in part to full shade and makes a bold specimen in zones 3 to 9.
- Part Shade
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A giant hosta, 30 to 36 inches tall and 5 to 6 feet across, with pale lavender bell shaped flowers on tall scapes in mid to late summer. It grows in part to full shade and makes a bold specimen in zones 3 to 9.
- Flowers
- Pale lavender bell shaped flowers on 48 inch scapes in mid to late summer.
- 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.
