$3.00 – $7.00
Latin name: Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’
Common name: plantain lily; funkia
Zone: 3 – 8
Height: 6 – 8 in (15 – 20 cm)
Spread: 12 in (30 cm)
Aspect: part shade; full shade
Soil: moist; fertile; well-draining
Water: regular
Note: We do not ship our plants. Local pick-up only.
Description
An herbaceous miniature perennial with a clump-forming habit. Thick, 2-inch (5 cm) long by 2.5-inch (6 cm) wide, blue-green to grey-green leaves are rounded and slightly curled in such a way as to resemble the ears on a mouse. Panicles of funnel-shaped, lavender flowers appear in mid-summer on thick, pale green stalks rising 8 – 12 inches (20 – 30 cm) tall.
A small-sized sport of Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’, ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ is perfect for growing in containers or a rock garden. Its clumping-forming habit maintains a neat, tidy mound throughout the season. Decently reliable resistance to slugs and snails due to the thickness of its leaves.
American Hosta Growers Assoc. – Hosta of the Year 2008
Great Plant Pick 2013 (Outstanding plant for the Pacific Northwest)
American Hosta Society Best Blue Leaf Award 2004
American Hosta Society Benedict Garden Performance Award of Merit 2008
Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 2012
Additional information
| Pot size | 4 in, 5 in, 1/2 gal, 1 gal |
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