I want a gigantic hosta!!

7 years ago

Is there a 42" (or taller) hosta which is variegated? I'd get an Empress Wu but her size would never be appreciated bcs she would blend in too well. I either need variegation or a gold/chartreuse/lime color in order for the plant to show up the way I want it to.

I've googled giant hostas and looked at Sum of All but I found an old thread with lots of negative comments abt it and also it's not as tall as I want.

If there's not one that will get to at least 42" then I'll probably go with a different plant.

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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱

7 years ago

My montana Aureomarginata is 5 feet from a 50 year old pine tree. About 38-40 inches high. What roots will yours compete with?

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7 years ago
OOps never mind. Just read that giant hostas will not reach their potential if they have to compete with tree roots. So not the right plant for the spot I had in mind.
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7 years ago
It will compete with pine, a dogwood, oak and a couple other hardwoods I don't know the name of. (It would be at the back corner of my property which borders the woods.) There's also other invasive stuff nearby like privet and some really hateful almost shrubby eleagnus and the soil is infested with invasive vine roots like Carolina Moonseed Vine.

What was I thinking??!! I was thinking that the ground there would be very fertile bcs there has been a compost pile there for several years. And that the hosta would be going dormant by the time the trashy tree behind it started dropping it's sooty sap that killed the beautiful holly tree I once planted there. Never even gave a thought to the root problems.

Now I remember why I put the compost pile there!

P).S. Your hosta is beautiful!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
7 years ago
i hope you understand... that growing a huge one.. to its limits.. can take 5 to 7 years ... if you dont disturb it ... during that time ...

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Original Author
7 years ago
No, I didn't know that but it makes sense. And I'm going to be in this house till the kids put me in the nursing home so hopefully I could grow one and then grow another:)
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Original Author
7 years ago
Just have to figure out where to put one since the spot I was thinking of definitely won't work. I was digging in that compost pile today and at least the bottom 6 inches of it are an impenetrable mass of roots - roots have grown upward into the pile!!
littlebug zone 5 Missouri
7 years ago
Winter Snow grows well for me. At age 3, mine is about 32" inches tall and 40" across. I think she will get bigger.

She is light green with a narrow wide border. Lighter green than Guacamole, Empress Wu or Lancifolia.