2019 Hosta Of The Year

A work of art for the garden Lakeside Paisley Print Hosta brings stunning beauty with its heart-shaped leaves, intricate markings, and very wide, wavy, green margins.  The narrow, creamy white markings in the center of the leaves shoot out from the center in a fascinating feathery pattern. Lakeside Paisley Print Hosta’s thick substance leaves make the perfect background for the cream scapes that carry the light lavender flowers in midsummer. Grows 10″ tall and 20″ wide.

Designated the 2019 Hosta Of The Year for its many outstanding features. This premium Hosta variety is part of a group of the finest Hostas available today. Winners of Hosta Of The Year must exhibit exemplary garden presence and superb performance, have a long season of appeal in the landscape, have leaves of good substance, and demonstrate greater resistance to common garden pests. The American Hosta Growers Association established the AHGA Hosta of the Year in 1996. It is selected by a vote of AHGA members.

Hostas are excellent perennials for shade that require minimal care. They are lovely massed in woodland settings or used as specimens. With their weed-smothering foliage, they make ideal ground covers. Although they are tough plants that can withstand periods of drought, for best results keep well watered during dry spells.

Growing instructions: Hostas are low-maintenance plants that, if given adequate moisture, can grow undisturbed for many years. Plant Hostas in shade to part shade locations in soil that has been amended with organic matter. Give consistent moisture. Although they are tough plants that can withstand periods of drought, for best results keep well watered during dry spells. Fertilize in spring to early summer. Do not fertilize after midsummer. Cut back spent foliage in late fall and remove. Damaging pests such as snails and slugs like to lay their eggs in the old leaves. Cutting back foliage in fall prevents future spring problems.