Hosta Hope Springs Eternal

Hosta 'Hope Springs Eternal,' introduced by Hans Hansen in 2019, is a stunning medium-sized hosta cultivar perfect for your shade garden. Its heart-shaped, blue-green leaves are adorned with wide, creamy white margins that ripple gracefully, creating a beautiful contrast. The leaves start off blue with buttery yellow margins in spring and transform to blue-green with cream edges by mid-summer. This hosta’s ruffled foliage adds a touch of elegance to any garden, making it a standout perennial plant. Growing up to 55 cm tall and 120 cm wide, hosta 'Hope Springs Eternal' also produces near-white flowers in midsummer, making it a perfect choice for those who appreciate fine details in garden design. Ideal for shade areas, this hosta thrives in city environments as well.

How to grow hostas

Save light shade to shade place in your garden to plant hostas. Filtered sun is best for the colorful varieties to reach their full color contrast. The green and blue hostas are the most shade-tolerant. Usually the yellow cultivars are the most sun-tolerant. The most dangerous is a direct sunshine, especially hot afternoon sun. This is the most critical where temperatures are high. Variegated varieties, especially those with a lot of white in the leaves, burn very easily. Blue color of leaves turns to green-blue or even fully green with too much direct sun. Plants with thick leaves are better suited for dry soil conditions than thin-leaved ones, but none is able to grow years-long in very dry soil. Plant hostas in moist, humus-rich soil. Water your hostas well immediately as you plant them. Give them water regularly during their first one or two growing season. Hostas grow slowly and may take 2 to 5 years to reach their full size, longer for the largest species and cultivars. Reserve a plenty of space in your perennial bed for hostas. Most of them are medium sized or large perennials. Hostas are almost fully disease and pest resistant. The most dangerous injury can by caused by slugs, snails and deers.