Hostas are often touted as the best shade garden plants, which would be hard to dispute. Hosta species are found in the wild in China, Japan, and Korea, in both shady woodlands and open, sunny prairies. In cultivation, hosta plants readily mutate and have produced thousands of novel colors and leaf forms. Add hosta breeders to the mix and now there are now over 6,000 named hostas on the market...of course, not all 6,000 are gems. Plant Delights has evaluated thousands of hostas and has assembled a large and diverse collection of the very best hosta for sale.
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For the best performance, hosta plants prefer woodland garden conditions…light shade to a couple of hours of morning sun. Good soil preparation and moist soil is the key to growing a hosta well. At the northern end of their hardiness range, hostas can even be grown in direct sun with adequate soil moisture. The purple or white tubular flowers arrive during the summer. Some are sweetly fragrant, others are not, but all attract hummingbirds.
Plant Delights Nursery continually works with the country's best hosta breeders to evaluate new introductions choosing only those cultivars that have the very best and most unique traits. We also have our own hosta breeding program at Plant Delights Nursery and have released dozens of unique hosta varieties. Breeders like us focus on creating great leaf variegation patterns, leaf color (there are white, green, yellow and even blue hosta), leaf corrugation, flower fragrance, and plant habit (from extreme dwarfs to massive giants).
Our hostas are all container-grown and are usually multiple-division plants...our price is for an entire container of 1-20 divisions. When you buy hostas from Plant Delights, you are often getting large plants that you can immediately divide. Plant Delights Nursery does not offer small, recently tissue-culture propagated hostas for sale and we challenge other nurserymen to do the same. When hostas are divided under nursery conditions, they often take on immature leaf characteristics, including more pointed leaves as well as reduced cupping and corrugation. The leaf forms that are pictured and described will redevelop in one to two growing seasons in the shade garden...please be patient. Since we grow our hostas here, you are able to buy hostas direct from the grower. When you're are ready to buy hostas for your woodland shade garden, we hope you'll check out our select list of hosta plants for sale below.
Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery has been the choice of serious gardeners and plant collectors looking for the best and rarest perennial plants. We are pleased to have received the Perennial Plant Association Retail Award in 2011, the American Horticulture Society Commercial Award in 2002, and to have been selected as one of the Best Mail Order Plant Sources - Garden Design Magazine 2010. Welcome to our family of plant lovers!
From the late hosta wild man, Chuck Purtymun, comes this still hard-to-find gem. Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' (Hosta 'Tokudama' x Hosta sieboldiana) has round, cardboard-like, deeply-cupped, powder-blue leaves on a 2' wide clump. In early summer, the clumps are topped with white hummingbird flowers. In a garden, few hostas will evoke more favorable comments! Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.83 L)
We really like this small growing hosta from the breeding work of Ron Livingston. Hosta 'Alakazaam' makes a vigorous growing small hosta with narrow, wavy green leaves edged in creamy gold. The 5" tall x 15" wide clump is topped in midsummer with spikes of purple flowers. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This amazing introduction was the surprise hit at the 1999 American Hosta Society Convention. This small-to-medium sized hosta makes a 2' wide mound. Each medium-green leaf has a wide center of creamy white, dotted liberally with green flecks. Hosta 'Allegan Fog' (named after Allegan County, Michigan) is truly one of the most distinctive hostas to hit the market in years. The clumps are topped with a 2' tall spike of light lavender flowers in midsummer...a hummingbird favorite. Hosta 'Allegan Fog' is a viridescent Hosta 'Fortunei'-type and will turn mostly green by late summer. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This Walters Gardens' introduction is a sport of the popular Hosta 'Revolution'...probably a tetraploid version (double the proper number of chromosomes). The 1' tall x 20" wide clump is composed of dark green twisted leaves, highlighted by a wide white center, which is in turn dotted with small green flecks. The clumps are topped with short spikes of hummingbird friendly lavender flowers in midsummer. A portion of the sales of each plant sold is donated to the Project EverGreen, the green industry group that supports our troops. (www.projectevergreen.com). Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This flat growing sport of Hosta 'Subcrocea' looks like a giant yellow spider with white edged legs...probably due to panty hose pinch. This rapidly growing 2' wide clump is a beacon in the garden even without the 1' tall scapes of purple flowers in the summer. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
(aka: H. 95-558) This 2008 Plant Delights introduction is from a cross involving Hosta 'Swoosh', Hosta longissima, Hosta venusta, and Hosta 'Bright Lights' that resulted in a vigorous, fast-multiplying small clump to 8" tall x 18" wide. The clumps are composed of small, 3.5" long x 2" wide green leaves, edged with a wide creamy-white border...great as either a small specimen plant or used in a woodland border. The clumps are topped with 15" tall scapes of medium lavender flowers in June...hummingbird acclaimed. We have not had Hosta 'Appetizer' tissue-cultured, so supplies are limited. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This amazing sport of Hosta 'Edge of Night' is a clump I couldn't take my eyes off of in the garden of Minnesota's Hans Hansen. The heavily-cupped and corrugated dark green leaves with a wide creamy-white border are turned upwards instead of lying horizontally, forming a 28" tall x 55" wide clump that resembles hands clapping; hence, the name. A mature clump of Hosta 'Applause' ranks right up with Hosta 'Praying Hands' in the unusual category. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
Hosta 'Atlantis' is a superb tetraploid mutation of our Hosta 'Abba Dabba Do' from Michigan's Hans Hansen. This amazing hosta makes a huge 5' wide clump of slightly wavy, pointed, green leaves. Each leaf is bordered with a very wide, light yellow margin. In midsummer, the vigorous clump is topped with 30" spikes of hummingbird-attracting light lavender flowers...stunning! Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.83 L)
Hosta 'Autumn Frost' is the latest in a long line of fantastic sports from Hosta 'Halcyon'. Hosta 'Autumn Frost' is a probable tetraploid sport of the lovely Hosta 'First Frost', which is a creamy-edged sport of Hosta 'Halcyon'. The 1' tall x 16" wide clump is composed of thick powder blue leaves with an exceptionally wide creamy yellow margin...simply stunning. In late spring, the clump is topped with stalks of light lavender flowers...a hummingbird delight. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This cute little hosta is from a 1991 cross that we made between Hosta 'Peter Pan' and Hosta 'Sun Power'. Instead of getting what we expected, the choice plant from this encounter was a dwarf plant to 4" tall x 1' wide in 14 years. The small, round, butter-yellow leaves form a beautiful clump, whose color holds all growing season. In late summer, the fast-multiplying clump is topped with short 6" spikes of light lavender flowers. We think you will really enjoy a Hosta 'Banana Puddin' in your garden. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
For all those out there with the same nickname, this oldie-but-goodie comes from the famed Long Island garden of the late hosta guru, Paul Aden. The Hosta sieboldiana background shows through with the large, puckered, thick blue leaves that adorn the 5' wide clump. The giant clumps are topped with pure white flowers in early summer on 4' tall scapes...a hummingbird celebration. Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.83 L)
This new white-edged sport of Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' originated at Shady Oaks Nursery and was subsequently named and introduced by Jack and Gary at Washington's Naylor Creek Nursery. The small, 20" wide clump is composed of powder-blue leaves, each surrounded by a 0.25" white border. The attractive clumps of Hosta 'Blue Flame' are topped in midsummer with 16" tall scapes with lightly fragrant lavender flowers. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This fantastic sport of the popular Hosta 'Halcyon' was discovered by hosta afficionado, Bill Meyer, and introduced with the help of Holland's Luc Klinkhamer. The 16" tall x 30" wide clump is composed of blue leaves, highlighted by a wide creamy border that becomes more white as the season progresses...a slow-growing but truly spectacular clump that, like Hosta 'Liberty', takes time to show its true beauty. If you buy tiny liner-sized plants, you'll be very disappointed. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
Cute, cute, cute! This distinctive, new small hosta is the toast of hosta collectors everywhere. Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' is a mutation of Hosta 'Blue Cadet' that makes a tight 1' wide mound of small, round, blue-green leaves on a perfectly symmetrical clump. In early summer, the clumps are topped with proportionally short spikes of lavender flowers...a hummingbird favorite. This is a unique and fun hosta to add to any woodland garden. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
This introduction from the late Herb Benedict is another of his famous multi-generational offspring from Hosta 'Dorset Blue'. Hosta 'Blue Sliver' makes a small clump of narrow, wedge-shaped, powder blue leaves. The 15" wide clumps are topped in late spring with 1' tall spikes of lavender flowers. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
I was very impressed when I first saw this white-edged sport of the wonderful Hosta 'Niagra Falls' in 2011, so we are pleased to be able to make it available. The large, green, piecrust-edged clump is surrounded by a stunning white border...we expect the mature size to be between 20" tall x 3'-4' wide. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
The best of the "Tokudama" hostas, Hosta 'Bright Lights' actually grows well in the South. The leaves of the 4' wide clumps emerge with dark gold centers that brighten as they harden. The puckered, golden, rounded leaves are accentuated by dark blue edges. Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird-friendly flowers in early summer. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
(aka: H. 99-094) Hosta 'Caesar Salad' is one of our favorite hostas from our breeding program. This cross of Hosta 'Korean Snow', Hosta 'Maekawa', and Hosta 'Elvis Lives' resulted in a 15" tall x 32" wide clump of very wavy, glossy green leaves. Not only is the foliage great, but the clumps are topped in late July with fascinating flower buds, followed by attractive stalks of light lavender flowers in early August. Hosta 'Caesar Salad' weathers brutal summers in great shape...a truly distinctive clump. We have chose not to tissue culture this introduction. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
This cute sport of Hosta 'Baby Bunting' makes a small 1' wide mound of tiny, grey-green leaves surrounded by a wide, creamy white margin. In late spring, the clump is topped with a short 1' tall spike of dark purple flowers. Hosta 'Cameo' is one of the best miniature hostas that we have grown. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
We are pleased to finally be able to release a fine sport of our 1996 introduction, Hosta 'Potomac Pride'. Hosta 'Capitol Hill' adds a nice chartreuse-yellow border to the corrugated glossy dark green leaves. The 15" tall x 30" wide clumps are topped in June and July with spikes of spider-like lavender hummingbird flowers...we're confident it will have a much higher approval rating than what we've got up there now, so please vote "Yea" for passage into your garden. Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.892 L)
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