Plantain Lily
Hosta kikutii
Asparagaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Southern Japan
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Crownsville Nursery
Description
Plants 12" tall, 18" wide; petioles ascending in an arch, leaves elliptical, ovate to lanceolate, about 7" long and 3" wide, shiny dark green above and light green underneath. Scape erect but leaning in the upper part, the sterile lower bracts leaf-like, occasionally about 2 large sterile leaflike bracts near the bud make it appear beak-like. Flowers white, shiny, sometimes suffused purple in the middle of the lobe, carried horizontally on strong pedicels, effective in August.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3