Hosta ‘The King’
Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus Family)
· Hardiness Zones: 3-9
· Height: 20 inches
· Spread: 43-47 inches
· Bloom Time: July
· Bloom: lavender lily-like booms
· Light: part to full shade
· Soil: average
· Moisture: average, consistent
· Use: shade and woodland gardens, borders, containers
· Care: easy; clumps may be divided in spring or fall
· Concerns: slugs, not deer resistant
· Native to: genus native to Japan and Korea
· Notes: large, heart-shaped, moderately-corrugated blue-green leaves, edged and jetted with yellow which fades to cream; rabbit resisitant; salt tolerant; black walnut tolerant
· Supplier: The Flower Factory
· Teaching Garden Location & Code: Shade Garden F196
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