Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' ~ Monrovia® Fragrant Blue Hosta

Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' ~ Monrovia® Fragrant Blue HostaFragrant Blue Hosta is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large heart shaped basal leaves are deeply veined and emerge chalky blue before maturing to blue green or green by summer. Small lightly fragrant pale lavender bell like flowers raise up in terminals from the green rootstalk above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Perennial Height:

Fragrant Blue Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage.  The large heart-shaped basal leaves are deeply veined and emerge chalky blue before maturing to blue-green or green by summer.  Small lightly fragrant pale lavender bell-like flowers raise up in terminals from the green rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies.  Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. 

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, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Japanese Forest Grass, Bleeding Heart, Coral Bells

IMAGES:  Evelyn Simak, CC-2.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta Fragrant Blue 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Mike McCune, Backyard Plants

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