General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Hosta
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hosta sieboldii
  • Synonym: Hosta rectifolia
  • Synonym: Hosta sieboldii var. rectifolia

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Date: 2015-06-22
As Hosta rectifolia
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-26
In a friends garden (as Hosta rectifolia)
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-26
In a friends garden (as Hosta rectifolia)
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Comments:
  • Posted by PieterK (Richmond, B.C. - Zone 7b) on Apr 25, 2024 8:24 PM concerning plant:
    Hosta rectifolia is NOT a synonym for H. sieboldii, it is a species onto its own with several forma.

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