Hosta Mirage

Hosta Mirage is medium hosta with green dark leaves and wavy margins. Attractive introduction from Ron Livingston with nicely ruffled green leaves that have a deep veins. This cross between Hosta 'Precisely' and Hosta yingeri created a vigorous plant that produces many fragrant white yingeri type flowers, a very unusual trait. This green perennial does best when grown in morning sun. Hosta Mirage will make a great specimen in the border and make sure you place it where you can enjoy the fragrance.This hosta cultivar is moderate fast growing. 

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.