The Sorbet hosta is a novel variety that has been grown as a result of a search for showcasing the most attractive features and colours of this unusual plant species. Its red petioles combined with juicy green, shiny leaves with a creamy-white borders unite in a wonderful plant that is worth exposing on the front of a border or in a larger planter. It does not belong to large varieties as it grows 30 to 45 centimetres tall. It flowers in June and July. Flower stalks take on the attractive red colour just like the leaf petioles. Subtle flowers are bell-shaped and lavender-purple. The Sorbet hosta is a wonderful perennial that looks great in various garden arrangements. It belongs to the most attractive plants for spots where you have only a limited choice of species to pick from. Hosta, a shade- and humidity-loving plant, is a garden gem that will definitely decorate your front and backyard.

Hosta prefers fertile, humous, continually moist, permeable soils with a slightly acidic reaction. The variety offered here will beautifully showcase its colours in partial shade. Hosta belongs to the best plants for covering spots where other plants cannot thrive due to the lack of sunlight. The Sorbet variety winters well in the ground in Europe. During very cold and snowless winters you can spread conifer twigs or an additional layer of tree bark over the hosta growing site.

Indicated price is valid 50 first-choice rhizome of the presented hosta variety. The bag with the rhizome is equipped with a label that contains basic plant facts and growing instructions.

• Variety: Sorbet
• Use: ornamental - garden
• Growth form: tufts
• Flower colour: lavender-purple
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Foliage: shiny, juicy green with a creamy-white border, red petioles
• Flower type: bell-shaped
• Site: partial shade; fertile, humous, continually moist, permeable soil with a slightly acidic reaction
• Bulbs: 50
• Height: 30 to 45 cm
• Flowering period: June to July
• Wintering in the ground: yes