Hosta Love Lost

Hosta 'Love Lost' is a stunning medium-sized hosta cultivar, perfect for adding a touch of elegance to any shaded garden. This hosta cultivar features elongated, lance-shaped blue leaves that have a heavily rippled margin, creating a textured and dynamic appearance. The blue foliage makes this hosta particularly eye-catching, and its medium growth habit allows it to form a neat mound, reaching a height of 30 to 35 cm. It thrives in semi-shaded areas, making it a versatile choice for various garden settings.

In mid-summer, hosta 'Love Lost' produces near-white lavender flowers that rise gracefully far above its beautiful foliage. The striking blue leaves and rippling texture make this hosta stand out among collectors and enthusiasts. Whether you're looking for a centerpiece for a shaded bed or a complement to other perennials in a container, this hosta cultivar is sure to impress. If you admire rippled blue foliage, hosta 'Love Lost' is a must-have addition to your hosta collection.

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.