Halcyon Hosta
Hosta 'Halcyon'
An outstanding variety ideal for adding contrast, color and texture to shaded borders, beds and containers; produces large mounds of blue-green, heart shaped leaves with heavy ribbing; lavender flowers appear on tall scapes during the midsummer months
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition., Halcyon Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden
Ornamental Qualities
Halcyon Hosta features dainty spikes of lavender bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive textured heart-shaped leaves emerge blue in spring, turning bluish-green in color throughout the season.
Planting and Growing
and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!, Halcyon Hosta will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant
as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation., This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions
Plant Facts
Prefers partial shade to shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 18"(24"withtheflowers)Hx3'W
Flowers are lavender
Flowers in mid summer
Zone 2a
Likes average to moist soil