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Plant Height: 6 inches
Flower Height: 10 inches
Spacing: 10 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 2a
Other Names: Plantain Lily, Funkia
Ornamental Features
Blue Moon Hosta features dainty spikes of white tubular flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. Its attractive tiny textured heart-shaped leaves remain blue in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes
Blue Moon Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
Blue Moon Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Blue Moon Hosta will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity extending to 10 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
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