Go Back Riverboat Queen

Posted: May 3, 2022 at 9:15 AM
Hosta 'Riverboat Queen'
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Plant Type: Hostas

Very large mound of corrugated blue-green foliage. Leaves are blue in the spring with the wax on the leaf. In summer the wax melts away and the leaves are a shiny dark green. Leaves are slightly cupped with upturned tips. Mature leaves are very large held on tall petioles. Near white flowers in early summer. This is a seven foot magnificent giant. Hybridized by Olga Petryszyn and introduced by Bob Fox.

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Flower Color

Pale lavender.

Foliage Color

Waxy blue/green.

Plant Spread

72"

Good Companions

Other shade loving plants.

Plant Height

44"

Scape Height

49"

Hardness Zone

3

Soil Moisture

Moist and highly organic

Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

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Bloom Time

June - July

Critter Resistance

Rabbits/deer

Exposure

Part to full shade

Growth Rate

Medium to fast

Seasonal Interests

Spring/summer