Hosta Aphrodite

Hostas are not just plain green! With tissue culture and countless hybridization, the foliage color options are seemingly endless. Besides these main colors below, hostas may have different reasons, such as lines of mottle, streaks, fog, or speckles.

Teal Blue Hostas Hostas are actually green with a layer of wax, flower called foxtail. Blue hostas are better for the shadier areas because too much sun, the wax will melt off, turning the green hosta. It takes up to maturity (3-5 years) for the hosta to bluer. How blue it will get depends on the variety. For example, "Big Daddy", "Blue Mouse Ears ',' Fragrant Blue," "Gentle Giant" and "Sleeping Beauty".

Green: Green hostas can vary from yellow-green to very dark green. Some also have margins of yellow or white of varying width. For example, "Aphrodite", "Christmas Pageant", "Empress Wu," Marilyn Monroe "and" Victory ".

Yellow: Yellow hostas to add splashes of color to your garden. yellow hostas have less chlorophyll, so they need more sunlight than dark green or blue hosta. Without enough sun, a yellow hosta may seem chartreuse. For example, Cracker Crumbs, "Daybreak," "Fire Island", "Rainforest Sunrise" and "Stained Glass".

White: White hostas need more sun, because of their lack of chlorophyll. They have a margin green or blue. For example, "Dancing in the Rain," "Fire and Ice", "Night Before Christmas", "Pandora's Box" and "Whirlwind".

When designing your garden, the colors should complement each other. Too much cooler, flashy hostas may not go hand in hand, which seems disorganized. A simple trick is to match a variegated hosta hosta with a solid the same color. Hostas can provide a nice solid transition of a variegated hosta to another, so that your garden instead of watching the flow sporadic.