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Aug 11, 2014 9:51 PM CST
Name: Ann
Ottawa, ON Canada (Zone 5a)
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‘Peppermint Ice’ - Shiny leaves with white centres and green margins of various shades. Small-medium. Mine appears to have rhizomatous tendencies. Bright lavender flowers in late July. There appear to be two plants on the market with this name. Ensure that you get the correct one.
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‘Rainbow’s End’ has yellow to creamy white streaks through leaves with medium and dark green margins. This one is very shiny and tough as nails. As close to a slug-proof hosta as anything in my garden. Small (21"w x 12"h)
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‘Lakeside Mom’ - my favourite streaked plant - ovate leaves streaked with light green, greenish yellow, yellow and creamy white. Medium lavender flowers mid-summer.
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Every garden needs some solid green (or blue or yellow) hostas to calm the eye in a sea of variegated plants. A couple of my favourite green hostas are:

‘Marilyn Monroe’ - medium-large size, wavy-edged, grey-green leaves with dramatic, waxy-white backs. Lavender flowers in late August or September.
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‘Restless Sea’ - small-medium size. The gray-green leaves of 'Restless Sea' seem to be in a state of constant motion. Wedge-shaped leaves have a slightly serrated edge and undulating leaf margin, white backs and are cupped at the leaf base. Pale lavender flowers in late summer.
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For other selections, just about anything in the ‘Halcyon/’June’ family of sports grows well and holds up well during the season and none of them get too large. I especially like ‘High Society’, ‘Remember Me’, ‘Stand By Me’ and ‘Bulletproof’ (solid blue) as well as ‘Halcyon’.
Ann

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