Go Back Deane’s Dream

Posted: May 7, 2019 at 4:21 PM
Hosta 'Deane's Dream'
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Plant Type: Hostas

Hosta Deane’s Dream is a cross between Hosta ‘Blue Arrow’ & Hosta ‘Sea Fire’. It has pointed blue leaves that are a unique aqua or green turquoise in color on this upright clump. Features bright purple petioles that extend all the way up to the leaf. Lavender flowers. Medium mound size at maturity.

Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm in North Carolina registered this cultivar in 2000. It is the result of a cross between H. ‘Blue Arrow’ × H. ‘Sea Fire’. The plant grows into a medium size hosta about 14 inches in height with a spread of 36 inches. Leaf blades are narrowly ovate, are slightly wavy, have red petioles and have a little corrugation. From mid-July into August, it bears very pale lavender flowers.

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Flower Color

Pale lavender

Foliage Color

Blue-green

Plant Spread

5-10"

Good Companions

Other shade loving plants

Plant Height

14-16"

Scape Height

26"

Hardness Zone

3

Soil Moisture

Moist and highly organic

Characteristics & Attributes

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Bloom Time

July

Critter Resistance

Rabbits/deer

Exposure

Part to full shade

Growth Rate

Moderate

Seasonal Interests

Spring/summer