Guardian Angel Hosta

There's always a rebel in every family tree, and the Guardian Angel Hosta (Hosta 'Guardian Angel') likes to keep everyone on the edge! A fantastic sport of Blue Angel, this Hosta has large blue-green leaves that put on a show in early spring by displaying white centers as opposed to others with white edges! As the plant matures, it tends to keep its white centers longer into the spring season before those centers darken to a lighter green than its margins.

Guardian Angel is quite unique because it offers this unusual color patterning! By late spring, a distinctive green misting covers the white centers, and in mid-summer, clusters of light lavender flowers are produced.

Guardian Angel has been chosen as a Popularity Poll-winning specimen! This attractive variety can be somewhat slow-growing, but it will make a large mound when mature. Guardian Angel may take its time but is long-lived, forming a vigorous grower, a good-sized clump with a plump, symmetrical habit throughout USDA growing zones 3 to 9!

Planting and Application:

Guardian Angel is an outstanding specimen plant, covering a 3-4 foot wide area of the garden with amazingly impressive leaves! Like all Hosta, it is most at home in shady, woodland settings and works well as an accent or edging plant! For a truly unique spectacle, an en masse planting of Guardian Angel Hostas, or long rows along pathways, garden edges, or in large groupings will highlight the shaded landscape in swaths of lush greenery.

Perfect for shady Asian-inspired and Zen gardens, lending a cool and calming presence to areas for meditation and relaxation. In fact, nearly any garden design looks more peaceful with a few Hostas! Contemporary plantings and informal cottage gardens alike benefit from these large perennials. The cool coloration and eye-catching growth will decorate garden rooms with sculptural decor.

Create your own shade-loving perennial display with Ferns, Astilbe, Coral Bells, and of course other Hosta! Pair Guardian Angel with its parent plant Earth Angel and toss in a few Blue Angel Hostas in the mix for a pretty display around a statue, garden sculpture, or memorial planting.

Butterfly gardens, cut flower gardens, and your cottage gardens will get a traditional look with the addition of a few of these curious perennials! Fringe your shady hardscapes and ring pergolas or gazebos in cool, calming foliage. Skirting trees with these lovely perennials will reciprocally benefit from the generous shade the trees provide. Large shrubs too will look immensely better having their bare stems hidden from view without the worry about roots interfering with each other!

Large planters and containers in the dappled shade around your patio or even a shaded balcony will benefit from the graceful presence of these impressive plants. Hosta forms neat fountain-like mounds that are impressively easy to grow for even the most novice or busiest gardeners!

• White Leaves With Blue-Green Edges
• Lavender Trumpet-Shaped Blooms on Slender Scapes
• Nectar-Rich Resource for Pollinators & Hummingbirds
• Mid-Summer Bloom For Cut Flowers
• Wonderful Underplanting Perennial, Shade Gardens, Containers & Edging
• Low-Maintenance Rows, Groupings & En Masse

#ProPlantTips for Care:

High-filtered or dappled sunlight is necessary for clean, healthy growth, and the morning sun is preferred to dry the leaves of dew and helps intensify the leaf colors. But the hot afternoon sun is stressful and damaging to these Perennials! Tolerant of dry shade, Hosta does best in filtered or dappled shade and part sun, tolerating the latter in cooler summer climates. Highly resistant to heat and humidity long as they're given adequate shade and moisture, especially throughout the hottest part of the growing season.

This low-care perennial grows best in moist, well-drained, highly organic soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7.5. Sandy loam is better than clay because it provides more aeration for the roots. Though it's not particular on the type of soil, anything that is moist, well-drained. A generous layer of arborist mulch helps retain soil moisture as well as insulate the root system from heat and chill. Once frosts arrive, Hostas are an herbaceous perennial that dies back to the ground in the fall and emerges again in early spring. Be sure to remove dead leaf matter in the fall and remove it from the area to prevent overwintering of fungal issues. Divide every 3-5 years to maintain vigor.

• Full Shade to Partial Shade
• Moist Well-Drained Enriched Soil
• Low-Maintenance & Remarkably Easy Care
• Deadhead After Flowering
• Prune Late Fall
• Extremely Cold Hardiness & Humidity Tolerant

This gorgeous white and blue-variegated Hosta will certainly be outstanding wherever it is planted! Your garden will be brightened on a large scale with the addition of a Guardian Angel Hosta! Turning the dreary shady spots into dreamy ones! Order from Nature Hills Nursery today!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Hostas need full sun or shade?

Hosta does best in full sun in cooler climates but does appreciate afternoon protection from the worst of the summer sun, especially in the hottest of their growing zone range. In the hottest climates, Hosta like partial shade or dappled shade, and some varieties will do great in full shade.

Where do Hostas grow best?

Hosta plants love enriched, well-drained soil that is moderately yet consistently moist throughout the growing season. They appreciate mulched garden beds.

Do Hostas come back every year? Are Hostas a perennial plant?

With vigorous carefree growth, Hostas are herbaceous perennial plants that will return year after year with little maintenance.

What do you do with Hostas in the fall? What do you do with Hostas in the winter?

Hosta leaves will die back after frost but the crowns and roots remain intact and dormant until next spring. Prune back the leaves once they turn brown in the autumn and remove them from the plant's area. For winter protection, add a layer of compost or mulch over the crowns to protect them from the chill.

Do Hosta attract hummingbirds or pollinators?

Hostas are loved by pollinators and hummingbirds! All walks of beneficial pollinators will show up to sip their nectar.

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