Hosta ‘So Sweet’ ~ So Sweet Hosta

So Sweet Hosta is a shade-lovingherbaceousperennialprimarily grown for their foliage. The large basalleaves are a glossydark green with creamy yellow marginsthat slowly matures to white. The highly fragrant bell-likewhite flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attractingbutterflies. Best bloom inpartial sunand moist well-drained soils.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:Low maintenance.Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked. Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed. Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings,Borders,Woodland Gardens,Naturalized Areas,Rock Gardens,andContainers.

COMPANION PLANTS:Japanese Forest Grass,Columbine,Painted Fern

IMAGES:Photo by David J. Stang,Hosta So Sweet 1zz,CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo btLeonora (Ellie) Enking, Hosta ‘So Sweet’, (3)Babij,36385115

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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