Blue Hawaii Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial that forms a vase shaped mound and primarily grown for its foliage. The large, heart-shaped powder blue-green basal leaves are slightly cupped and are deeply veined and corrugated. Its small, fragrant bell-like white flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best color in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. Blue Hawaii has great slug resistance.
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Height: |
2' - 2.5' |
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Spread: |
3' - 3.5’ |
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Spacing: |
3’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 - 9 |
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Bloom Color: |
White |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked. Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed. Otherwise, little to no problems.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Columbine, Lungwort, Bleeding Heart
IMAGES: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, Flickr - brewbooks - Hosta - David F garden, CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Lee Wright, Spirea, hostas, hydrangea, and azaleas, (3) madaise, hosta
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
