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Blue Mouse Ears Hosta

Original price was: $23.99.Current price is: $16.22.

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Description

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage.  The symmetrical thick rounded basal leaves are blue-green to grey-green and curled in a way resembling mouse ears.  Thick pale green scapes sporting lavender bell-like flowers raise up above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators.  Best color in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.   

Type: 

Perennial

Height: 

0.5′ – 1′

Spread: 

0.5′ – 1’

Spacing: 

1’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 – 8

Culture: 

Part SunFull Shade

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked.  Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed.  Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensNaturalized AreasRock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coral BellsBleeding HeartLungwort

IMAGES: Andy MabbettHosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photoset by cultivar413, (1) 160529 323 NYBG – Rock Garden, Crevice Bed, (2) 160701 019 Wagner Park South Garden – , (3) F. D. RichardsHosta Hill A2015, (4) Megan Hansen, Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ 

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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