Hosta Asst

$14.99 / 1G


Item # 02110


Botanical: Hosta
Extended Features: Hosta 'Big Daddy' is a spectacular specimen plant. Wonderful to enhance a shady garden. Rich blue-green thick heavily corrugated leaves. Medium to slow growth rate. White flowers late June. Full shade to partial sun. FEATURES: Botanical Name: Hosta 'Big Daddy' Common Name: Hosta Big Daddy Features: Rounded Habit Bloom Time: Summer, Grown for Foliage Light Requirements: Full Shade -Partial Shade Attracts Hummingbirds Mature Plant Size: 36 inches high by 24 inches wide Zone 4 - 8
How To Maintain: Divide and/or transplant in November using Rock Phosphate fertilizer. Cut flowers and foliage to within 2" of soil and add to compost pile. Feed with Flowertone in March. Spray with All-season Oil in May for insect control. Deep-soak with Vitamin B-1 fertilizer every 2 weeks for first 2 summers. Re-mulch in June and January
Usage: Attractive container, shady border, or accent plant
Plant In: Partial sun, light moist sandy soil
Interest: The earliest hosta to leaf-out in spring!
Bloom In: Mid-summer, Grown for Foliage
Full Size: 1-3' x 2-4'
Spacing: 3'
Habit: Clumping, mounding, Rounded,finely foliaged perennial
Growth: Slow
Exposure: Full Shade -Partial Shade
Hardiness: -40 to -30 deg. F
Water Use: Keep moist
Leaf: Green with white edges