Perennials -
Hosta
Hosta (Funkia)
is a genus of about 23–40 species of lily-like plants native to
northeast Asia. Hostas are extremely popular, hardy
herbaceous perennials grown primarily for their beautiful foliage.
They are easy to grow, shade-tolerant plants. Leaves come in a
wide range of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures and may be solid
in color or variegated in different combinations of blue, green,
white, and gold. The plants are low maintenance and are widely
available in nurseries and garden centers. Many catalogs also
offer a large selection of hosta plants, with more than 2,500
different cultivars on the market. All hostas bloom in
summer with spikes of lavender to white, lily-like flowers, which
can be quite showy. New cultivars of hosta plants are also being
bred to produce larger and even more attractive flowers. Some
newer plants may have 50–75 blooms on each flower scape. All
fragrant hosta flowers are hybridized from Hosta plantaginea,
which has 6-inch long, beautiful, white fragrant flowers.
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