August Moon Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The heart-shaped leaves are deeply veined and open chartreuse-green and mature to golden. Small bell-like lavender-white flowers raise up in terminals from the greyish-yellow rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. August Moon is more sun tolerant than most Hosta.
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Height: |
1' - 1.5' |
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Spread: |
2' - 3’ |
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Spacing: |
2’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 - 8 |
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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: Bleeding Heart, Ligularia, Japanese Forest Grass
IMAGES: cultivar413, 160725 369 Chi Bot Gdn West Flower Walk, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta August Moon 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta August Moon 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) I, Terren Peterson, August Moon Hosta, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
