Blue Plantain Lily
Hosta ventricosa
Asparagaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Eastern Asia
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Arnold Arboretum, Walters Gardens
Description
Leaf blades dark green, ovate-cordate, to 9" long, with 7 to 9 nerves on either side of the midrib; petiolenarrowly winged. Flowers abruptly campanulate above the tube, dark violet with darker veins, to 2" long,held in a long, erect, loose, 10- to 15-flowered raceme, anthers dark violet, seeds produced freely,summer-blooming.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
notable texture