Plantain Lily
Hosta 'Fortunei Hyacinthina'
Asparagaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Shady Oaks Nursery, Walters Gardens
Description
A good, hearty plant with bold gray-green leaves edged with a very thin line of glaucous grey. The flowersare held well aloft and are of good size and quality, of cool lilac. In many ways this is the bestgrey-leaved hosta; though it is slightly less grey and large in leaf than H. sieboldiana 'Elegans' its flowersare markedly superior. 2 1/2' tall, 2' wide.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics