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Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' 5/2021 Plantain Lily- (Blue leaf) Plantain Lily, Mature size: 18x36”, Blue-grey Quilted leaves, whitish flowers, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed e2 for 6.6 YEARS (Lowes). Planted in 2014.

The standard in blue-leaved Hostas. Midsummer flowers on 40in stems. Very slow grower. Large hosta growing to 30in. tall and 48in. wide. Only one of the four survived.

Missouri Botanical Garden: Specific epithet honors German doctor Philipp Franz van Siebold (1796-1866) who introduced many Japanese plants into European gardens.

'Elegans' grows to 30" tall and 48" in diameter. It features large (13" x 10"), heart-shaped, thick-textured, heavily corrugated, surface-cupped, blue-green leaves and racemes of funnel-shaped, mostly white flowers with a violet tinge on scapes up to 36". This species is a slow grower and will take several years to reach mature shape. May also be listed as Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans.

Only one of four survived, 2020.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2019, 20, 21:

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Author F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI
Camera location42° 06′ 03.06″ N, 83° 57′ 08.22″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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