Hosta
Hosta sieboldiana
Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's plantain lily, is a species of hosta native to Japan. A putative variety, Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, as has a putative variety of its synonym; Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata, the gold-edged plantain lily. The cultivars 'Blue Angel', 'Blue Mammoth', and 'Olive Bailey Langdon' have also gained the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Deep shade
- Water need
- Medium
- Mature height
- 0.6 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–8
- Layers
- herb, groundcover
Functional roles
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
When: Divide spring
The rolled spring shoots ('urui') are an edible Japanese vegetable; superb leafy groundcover for shade. Slugs love it.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.