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Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'

Plantain Lily

  • Perennial
  • Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
  • 10-20 cm high
  • Light-coloured flowers
  • Silvery-grey foliage

Garden use

Use

Along path Border Pot Wild garden Small garden Park Planters Solitary Small groups

Garden style

Japanese garden Jungle garden

Ornamental value and special features

Cutflower Foliage plant

Growth

Fast

Planting density

Plant about 3 - 5 plants per m²

Characteristics

Height 10 - 20 cm
Flowering time July - September
Flower colour white
Leaf colour grey blue
Growth habit tuft
Growth rate fast

Site conditions

Light morning sun, evening sun, open shade, filtered, shade
Moisture average, moist
Soil pervious, light, normal
Soil fertility normal

Botanical information

Botanical name Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'
Genus Hosta
Family Liliaceae
Common names NL: hartlelie
EN: Plantain Lily
FR: hostas
DE: Funkien
Awards Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
Parentage tokudama x sieboldiana
Breeder Walden West
Origin hybrid