Hosta sieboldiana 'Aureo Marginata' is a beautiful large clump-forming herbaceous perennial. Leaves are broad, ovate, and blue-green with…
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Hosta is a genus of plants commonly known as Hostas, Plantain Lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name Giboshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). The genus was named by Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick in 1812, in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host.
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Hosta clausa (Plantain Lily) is a medium-sized Hosta that typically grows in a rounded clump up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall and wide. It is…
Hosta sieboldiana var. montana (Plantain Lily) is a herbaceous perennial that forms large vase-shaped clumps of olive-green, broadly-ovate…
Hosta sieboldiana (Plantain Lily) is a large clump-forming herbaceous perennial with broad, ovate, blue-green leaves with prominent…