Hosta ventricosa has gorgeous dark green leaves, especially attractive when grown in a mass planting or ringing a tree. It grows quickly, possible plant height is 24", width is 36". It blooms lavishly, fine lavender blooms on tall, naked flower scapes up to 28" high.

Very sturdy and dependable, requires very little care. They survive the summer heat and drought without extra watering. Attractive to butterflies, these do great in full or partial shade at 24" to 36" spacing.

Hosta ventricosa is tolerant of a range of conditions; dry, wet, sand, clay, even more tolerant of direct sun than many other hostas. With ample water it can tolerate 4-6 hours of sun per day. This plant requires no care and self sows readily.

General info - Hostas:
Hosta (syn.: Funkia) is a genus of about 23-40 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the family Liliaceae but are now included in the family Agavaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. They are herbaceous perennial plants, growing from corms or rhizomes, with broad lanceolate or ovate leaves varying widely in size by species from 1-15 in (3-40 cm) long and 0.75-12 in (2-30 cm) broad. Variation among the numerous cultivars is even greater, with clumps ranging from less than 4 in (10 cm) across to more than 6.5 ft (2 m) across.

Leaf color in wild species is typically green, although some species (e.g., H. sieboldiana) are known for a glaucous waxy leaf coating that gives a blue appearance to the leaf. Natural mutations (sports) of native species are known with yellow-green ("gold") colored leaves or with leaf variegation (either white/cream or yellowish edges or centers). The flowers are produced on an erect panicle up to 31 in (80 cm) tall; the individual flowers are usually pendulous, 0.75-2 in (2-5 cm) long, with six tepals, white, lavender, or violet in color and usually scentless.

Hostas are widely-cultivated ground cover plants, particularly useful in the garden as shade-tolerant plants. Hybridization has produced over 5000 cultivars, those with golden- or white-variegated leaves are especially prized. They are generally easy and long-lived garden plants, relatively disease free, requiring little care other than watering and some fertilizer if you want to enhance growth.

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