Hosta: description, types and varieties, planting in the open field and care, possible diseases (120+ Photos & Videos) + Reviews

A plant with leaves up to 20 cm long, elongated and wavy edges.

In the color of the leaves, white areas are interspersed with green, and the flower petals are painted in a light purple hue.

A plant with dense broad leaves up to 30 cm long, covered with a bluish wax coating. The inflorescences are short and dense, the flowers are lavender or light purple in color. In the sun, the leaves of this species lose their bluish tint and turn green.

This species is named after Philipp Franz von Siebold, a German naturalist and plant collector. He lived for some time in Japan in the 19th century and studied its flora and fauna. In addition to the hosta, several dozen Japanese plants bear the name of Siebold.

The plant comes from Northeast China and the south of Primorye.

Elongated lanceolate leaves are up to 25 cm long and form a compact bush, and on peduncles up to 100 cm high July-August, numerous purple flowers bloom. Bushes grow quickly.

The plant is native to Japan and China. Rounded leaves up to 40 cm long, painted in bright green, form a large "cushion", which rises above the flower garden.

In August, flower stalks up to 100 cm tall appear with tubular flowers.

Similar in many ways to Siebold's hosta, but smaller and with less waxy coating on the leaves. This species includes varieties that differ in color and size of leaves, shade of flowers and height of peduncles. Garden forms of this hosta are quite unpretentious and can grow only in temperate latitudes.

The species is named after British botanist Robert Fortune. In the middle of the XIX century, he made several long trips to China, Japan and Taiwan, collecting unexplored and unknown plants in Europe.

Forms a dense rosette of leaves and blooms in July-August. The bushes are medium-sized, they can grow well in a container.

There are a large number of varieties of this species with green, yellow-green, dark green and blue-green corrugated leaves that have a thin white border around the edge.

A powerful plant with almost vertically growing leaves on long petioles. In the wild, it is found in Japan, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, this plant is considered edible and even medicinal. It finds use in many recipes of Japanese traditional medicine.

A plant with broad heart-shaped leaves. Forms a powerful bush, reaching 80 cm both in height and in width. Lilac flowers bloom on long (120 cm) peduncles in July-August.

This species has many varieties with a wide variety of leaf and flower colors.

A giant variety with graceful blue-green leaves falling in a beautiful cascade. The height of the bushes is 100-120 cm. The flowers are lavender in color.

The variety is shade tolerant, can only withstand the morning sun.

Charming variety of medium size with a dense rosette of leaves. The bushes are sprawling, up to 60 cm high and wide. The leaves are green, with a thin white edging along the edge, slightly corrugated.

A powerful plant of large size with leaves of expressive texture. It is one of the best blue-leaved varieties. The leaves are up to 30 cm in diameter.

White flowers bloom on meter peduncles.

Wolverine, whose sprawling bushes grow up to 35 cm in height and up to 80 cm in width. The leaves of this variety are narrow, lanceolate, blue-green, with a yellowish edging along the edge.

Foliage acquires the greatest contrast in the second year of growth.

Medium-sized hybrid variety with showy red petioles contrasting with green foliage. Bushes grow up to 40 cm in height and 60 cm in diameter.

Purple flowers bloom in August.

A beautiful variety with dense embossed heart-shaped leaves. The color of the leaves is bluish-green, along the edge there is a wide uneven border of a yellowish-cream color.

Bushes grow up to 55-60 cm in height. The flowers have lavender shade.

One of the most effective hybrid varieties. This beautiful plant forms a compact bush (up to 35-50 cm).

Graceful creamy white leaves with light green veins, really like feathers, sit on green petioles.

In 1999, he received the honorary title of "Host of the Year", which is awarded annually by the American Association of Host Manufacturers. The leaves of this variety are very decorative. In their color, yellow and blue-green shades alternate, as if applied with an artist's brush.

However, the color may change throughout the season. Starting from the age of three, the leaves acquire an interesting "reaped" texture. Spreading bushes: an adult plant reaches 60-70 cm in height and up to 90 cm in diameter.

An original variety with narrow leaves that grow almost vertically. At the first glance at this host, it immediately becomes clear why it got its unusual name.

The leaves of this variety are dark green in color and have wavy edges. A medium-sized bush reaches a height of up to 40 cm.

Forms sprawling domed bushes up to 60-70 cm tall and 120 cm wide.

The leaves are heart-shaped, yellow-green or yellow with a contrasting dark green edging around the edge.

Attractive plant with expressive leaves with clear light and dark green color zones.

In height, the bushes of this spectacular variety reach 40 cm, and in width - up to 75 cm.

A great option for a shady garden. The shiny, heart-shaped leaves of this variety are apple green with a dark green border around the edge. In height, the bushes grow up to 60 cm and have a diameter of 70-100 cm.

In 2002, this variety was named Host of the Year by the American Host Growers Association.

A beautiful variety that retains its decorative effect throughout the growing season. Dense leaves of spectacular contrasting colors are among the most memorable.

In late autumn, when the foliage of other varieties has already died off, Liberty will continue to please the eye in a dormant garden. With age, the bushes of this variety grow rapidly and acquire a beautiful shape, and the border on the leaves becomes wider.

Tall fast growing variety. Bushes reach both in height and in width up to 60 cm.

The heart-shaped leaves are 15-20 cm long, dark green in color and have a white thin border along the edge of the leaf plate.

A popular variety in ornamental horticulture. Small compact bushes reach 40 cm in height and grow in width up to 70 cm.

Dark green leaves are outlined by a contrasting whitish-cream wide border. This variety blooms in the second half of summer with lavender flowers.

It belongs to the red-leaf varieties. Breeders have not yet bred varieties with red or purple leaves, but the first step in this direction has already been taken.

Red-brown petioles of this variety contrast with bright green foliage, and flower stalks have the same rich color. Pale purple flowers, of which there are up to 30 on each peduncle, cast a purple tone at the base.

Variety with dense dark green leaves, in the center of which are clearly defined creamy white stripes. Bushes grow up to 40 cm in height and up to 60 cm in width.

It blooms in July with lavender flowers on long peduncles.

A very effective variety that can become an ornament to any shady garden. Bushes grow up to 55 cm in height, and up to 80 cm in width.

In the color of the leaves, a bright green hue is combined with light greens and yellowish-cream areas and stripes, giving the plant an unusual decorative look.

The original variety with long narrow leaves and low bushes growing up to 25-35 cm. Slightly wavy leaves are green and have a thin white border around the edge.

This variety blooms with small bell-shaped flowers of a light lilac hue.

A compact variety that belongs to the wavy varieties of the host. Beautifully curled leaves are eye-catching with wavy edges and contrasting creamy green coloring.

Bushes up to 40 cm high look spectacular in flower beds and landscape compositions.

The original undersized variety. Leaves with wavy edges are very narrow and long, grow quickly, forming a kind of "shock". Bushes reach 25-30 cm in height.

Light green leaves gradually change their color to yellow-green.