Christmas Tree Hosta

Other Names: Plantain Lily, Funkia

Description:

Unique variety with large rounded and cupped leaves that are dark green with a creamy white edge; nice substance and is heavily crinkled; white spikes of flowers in summer with vestigial leaves in the shape of a christmas tree

Ornamental Features:

Christmas Tree Hosta features dainty spikes of white trumpet-shaped flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. It's attractive large textured round leaves remain forest green in colour with distinctive creamy white edges throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Christmas Tree Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Insects

Christmas Tree Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Groundcover
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Christmas Tree Hosta will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.