| Hosta | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Attractive container, shady border, or accent plant | |
| Partial sun, light moist sandy soil | |
| The earliest hosta to leaf-out in spring! | |
| Mid-summer, Grown for Foliage | |
| 1-3' x 2-4' | |
| 3' | |
| Clumping, mounding, Rounded,finely foliaged perennial | |
| Slow | |
| Full Shade -Partial Shade | |
| -40 to -30 deg. F | |
| Keep moist | |
| Green with white edges |