Go Back Love Pat

Posted: May 7, 2019 at 4:19 PM
Hosta 'Love Pat'

    Plant Type: Hostas

    Vigorous plant with puckered blue leaves will perform well in shade to 3/4 sun in the garden. Pale lavender flowers bloom in midsummer. Exquisite round frosty blue leaves which are eye catching with the quilting and puckering. Truly an original. Needs shade, rich humus soil to show its' best qualities.

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    Growing & Maintenance Tips:

    Hostas grow best in moist, well-drained, highly organic soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7.5. Sandy loam is better than clay because it provides more aeration for the roots. High-filtered or dappled sunlight is necessary for clean, healthy growth. Morning sun is tolerable and will help to intensify the leaf colors, but hot afternoon sun is usually deadly to hostas. They are most at home in shady, woodland settings and often work well as specimen or edging plants. Hostas are very easy to propagate through division. This can be done at any time during the growing season with little or no affect on the growth of the parent plant. Since each division should have at least 3 eyes, plants should be allowed to mature for several years before being divided. Especially in northern zones, hostas should be mulched with a layer of finely shredded organic material to prevent heaving in the winter. Mulch is beneficial because it retains moisture around the plant's roots, but it is also the ideal place for slugs to hide. Watch for holes in the center of the leaves. If they are present, so are slugs. Applying a slug bait in early spring when new shoots are beginning to emerge will help to reduce the slug population. After a few years when plants are firmly established, the mulch can be removed completely, which should eliminate the slug problem altogether. Also be sure to clean all hosta foliage out of the garden in early winter after the plants have gone dormant. By doing so, you will be ridding the area of the eggs of slugs and other leaf-eating insects.

    Flower Color

    Lavender

    Foliage Color

    Blue

    Plant Spread

    24 in.

    Good Companions

    Brunnera macrophylla 'King's Ransom', Athyrium nipoicum 'Pictum' (Japanese Painted Fern), Aruncus aethusifolius (Goat's Beard), Carex hachijoensis 'Evergold' (Ornamental Grass), Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' (Jacob's Ladder), Lamium maculatum 'Cosmoopolitan'.

    Plant Height

    14 in.

    Scape Height

    —

    Hardness Zone

    3-8

    Soil Moisture

    Moist, well-drained soil.

    Characteristics & Attributes

    Attributes

    Border, Container, Cut flower or foliage, Mass Plant, Woodland, Shade Garden

    Bloom Time

    June and July

    Critter Resistance

    —

    Exposure

    Deep to light shade

    Growth Rate

    Medium

    Seasonal Interests

    All season foliage interest