Go Back Blue Banana

Posted: July 15, 2020 at 12:46 PM
Hosta 'Blue Banana'
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Plant Type: Hostas

Large hosta with soft blue leaves, yellow edges, and ripple ends.

A large hosta. The clump measures 24″ tall x 48″ wide. Soft blue, narrow yellow-edged, corrugated leaves are 16″ long on short petioles. The leaves are rippled at the end then flares back out. Jeff describes the leaves as “unlike anything else out there… looks like a tobacco leaf”

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Growing & Maintenance Tips:

Flower Color

Lavender shades

Foliage Color

Green shades

Plant Spread

48"

Good Companions

Other shade loving plants

Plant Height

24"

Scape Height

—

Hardness Zone

3

Soil Moisture

Moist, rich, organic

Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

Edges are rippled and flare out at the end.

Bloom Time

Mid-summer

Critter Resistance

Rabbits

Exposure

Shade to part sun

Growth Rate

Medium

Seasonal Interests

Spring and summer