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Hosta 'Mini Skirt' PP 26,743
Walters Gardens 13
Item #: 6343
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 7" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
I nearly wet my plants when I saw this exciting new hosta on a 2013 trip to Walters Gardens...not that I have a thing for mini-skirts, you understand. Hosta 'Mini Skirt', the 2024 American Hosta Society Grower Association Hosta of the Year, is a Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' sport, via Hosta 'Church Mouse', discovered by hosta breeder Hans Hansen. The 7" tall x 14" wide clump is composed of grey-green leaves, each surrounded by a wide, heavily-ruffled, creamy white border and topped in summer with short 8" spikes of small lavender flowers...a truly amazing dwarf hosta!
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Other Attributes
Genus: Hosta
Flower Color: Purple/Lavender
Leaf Color: Green , Variegated
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Fillers , Thrillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Fairy Garden Plants , Gnome Gardens , Living Wall , Night Gardens , Rock Garden Plants
Other: Bog Garden Plants , Butterfly Attracting Plants , Edimentals , Cut Flower Plants , Dwarf Plants , Groundcovers , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , Plants that Attract Birds , Rain Garden Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Wet Shade Plants , Colored Foliage , Patterned Foliage