Plantain Lily
Hosta 'Carnival'
Asparagaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Source of plant
Paradise Garden
Description
Plants 18" tall by 44" wide with wide, creamy yellow margins. An ornamentally stunning cultivar that can be very effective as a specimen plant. The wide yellow margins lighten considerably in bright light, all the way to creamy white. Leaves are 9" long, by 7.5" wide, 1-1.5" wide yellow to creamy yellow margins that often streak into the medium to dark green center; many gray-green streaks also into the center of leaf; broadly ovate blade that is slightly wavy; average substance; 12-14 vein pairs. Flowers in mid july into early August; medium lavender color; 1.75" long by 1.5" wide; scapes well above the foliage, up to 30" high.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics