2024 Dayton Nursery Catalog

Hosta Plantain Lily

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Abiqua Drinking Gourd p i [ ` 2014 Hosta of the Year! The giant, deeply cupped, corrugated leaves do not lose their shape or stunning powder blue-green color, even in the hottest weather. Thick foliage resists slug damage. Stalks of white flowers rise above the foliage in summer. Height: 16-18”, Spread: 24-36” 000797 C1 $14.99 Age of Gold p i With golden yellow leaves, this is the perfect speci- men for making a statement in the shade with its upright spreading habit and large smooth leaves. In midsummer, near white, tubular flowers appear with a very faint pale lavender central pattern on the interior petals. Height: 25”, Spread: 58” 027284 PW1 $9.99 Big Daddy j p A large hosta with giant, heavily puckered, cool glaucous blue, rounded, cupped leaves. Showy scapes of white, bell-shaped flowers rise above the foliage in the summer. Slug resistant. Height: 24”, Spread: 48” 028869 C1 $9.99 Blue Angel p i [ Huge, blue-green deeply veined leaves cascade downward. One of the largest blues available. Multiplies more rapidly than most of the large blue Hosta, so it reaches significant size without the long wait. White flowers. Height: 48” 012695 C1 $9.99 Blue Mountains p i One of the best blue hostas with intense attractive blue-gray puckered, heart shaped leaves with large white flowers. Height: 20-32” 033029 C1 $12.99 Blue Elf p i Short height but with larger leaves and true pow- dery blue leaves. Height: 8”, Spread: 12-14” 033442 C2 $25.00 Blue Mouse Ears p i An adorable small Hosta with thick (almost rubbery), round, blue-green to gray-green leaves. Forms a perfectly symmetrical mound, moderate growth rate. Flower buds are held Horizontally and swell like balloons before opening. Clusters of lavender, bell-shaped flowers are produced. Height: 8”, Spread: 12” 027018 C2 $25.00 Blue Umbrellas p i [ Forms a huge mound of 14” long, inversely cupped (downward) leaves like a pile of small, blue umbrel- las. Early growth is blue-green but turns darker green by early summer. Thick corrugated leaves are very slug resistant. Very pale lavender flowers. Height: 32”, Spread: 48”, Scapes: 30” 004526 C1 $10.99 Brother Stefan p i [ Thick, heavily corrugated and puckered leaves are green (sometimes appearing more blue) with a brilliant gold center. Height: 20”, Spread: 36” 024346 C1 $9.99 Dancing Queen p i Emerges bright yellow and remains yellow all sea- son long. The large leaves have a prominent pie crust edge, adding even more pizzazz to this color- ful Hosta. In mid to late summer, the foliage light- ens to soft yellow and the clump is topped with pale lavender flowers. Height: 18”, Spread: 30” 024937 C1 $12.99

‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’

‘Age of Gold’

‘Big Daddy’

‘Blue Angel’

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‘Blue Elf’

‘Blue Mountains’

‘Blue Umbrellas’

‘Blue Mouse Ears’

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‘Brother Stefan’

‘Dancing Queen’

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