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Other Names:  Plantain Lily, Funkia

Description:

A large and vigorous variety presenting large, cupped, chartreuse foliage with fine white margins; thick substance and corrugated; great for adding texture and contrast to garden beds and borders; lavender flowers appear on tall scapes during the summer

Ornamental Features

Sum Cup of Joe Hosta features dainty spikes of lavender tubular flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. Its attractive large textured oval leaves remain chartreuse in colour with distinctive white edges throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Sum Cup of Joe Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

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;

• Insects

Sum Cup of Joe Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Groundcover

Planting & Growing

Sum Cup of Joe Hosta will grow to be about 22 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 4 feet apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

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. This plant does not require much in the way of fertilizing once established. 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.