4605 Olive Street
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108

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Hosta 'Powder Blue'

Plantain Lily

Lavender flowers. Rich, blue-green, heavily corrugated, thick substance. Becomes a huge, broad mound of slugresistant, powdery blue foliage.

Growing & Maintenance Tips
Full to partial shade, good organic matter content for water retention. Good groundcover, attractive all season, shade of tall trees, border garden, rock garden, pools and massed plantings in the shade. Excellent specimen plant.

Interesting Information
Hosta was named for Nicolaus Thomas Host, a 19th century Austrian physician. The common name plaintainlily is in reference to the resemblance of the leaves to those of the lawn weed, plaintain.

Plant Type Perennial		Bloom Color Lavender		Foliage Color Matte Blue-Green
Height 24-28 Inches		Spread 5-6 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8		Patented No

Tradescantia (Spiderwort 'Blue and Gold (Sweet Kate)')	Pulmonaria longifolia (Lungwort 'Diana Clare')
Hosta (Plantain Lily 'Guacamole')

Characteristics & Attributes

Bloom Color • Purple	Landscape Interest • Butterfly • Hummingbird	Exposure • Shade-Part Sun	Soil Moisture Preference • Medium
Season of Interest (Foliage) • Spring • Summer • Fall	Season of Interest (Flowering) • June • July	Attributes • Rock Garden • Specimen • Balcony Pots • Cut Flower • Patio Container Pots