Go Back Bluebird of Happiness

Posted: February 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM
Hosta 'Bluebird of Happiness'
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    Plant Type: Hostas

    From The Hosta Helper: Registered by Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm in North Carolina in 2020, this small to medium size (12 inches high by 24 inches wide) cultivar is an open-pollinated seedling of H. ‘Touch of Class’. It is a slow-growing hosta with intensely blue-green foliage. The leaves are moderately twisted, wavy, ovate, glaucous on top, and deeply folded overall. Pale lavender flowers bloom in July on scapes 16 to 18 inches tall.

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    Flower Color

    Pale lavender

    Foliage Color

    Intensely blue

    Plant Spread

    24"

    Good Companions

    Other shade loving plants

    Plant Height

    12"

    Scape Height

    16"-18"

    Hardness Zone

    3

    Soil Moisture

    Moist, rich, organic

    Characteristics & Attributes

    Attributes

    Twisted and golden leaves which look like a bird of paradise plant.

    Bloom Time

    Mid-summer

    Critter Resistance

    Rabbit

    Exposure

    Shade to part shade

    Growth Rate

    Slow

    Seasonal Interests

    Spring and summer