General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Hosta
  • Oba Giboshi
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hosta sieboldiana var. sieboldiana
  • Synonym: Hosta montana
  • Synonym: Hosta montana f. macrophylla
  • Synonym: Hosta sieboldiana var. montana
  • Synonym: Hosta fluctuans
  • Synonym: Hosta elata
  • Synonym: Hosta kikutii var. yakusimensis

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photo credit: BotBln

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Smith College Botanical Garden
Date: 2011-08-02
As H. montana
Location: Smith College Botanical Garden
Date: 2011-08-02
As H. montana

Credit florum
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Wien
Date: 2016-10-16
Location: Part Shade z6
Date: 2012-06-03
Location: Part Shade z6
Date: 2012-06-03
Dramatic prescence here
Location: Ecological Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth
Date: July
photo by El Grafo
Location: Ecological Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth
Date: July
photo by El Grafo
Location: Ecological Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth
Date: July
photo by El Grafo
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Not Hosta sieboldiana by AquaEyes Aug 21, 2018 8:44 AM 4
Not Hosta sieboldiana by AquaEyes Aug 21, 2018 8:45 AM 4
Not Hosta sieboldiana by AquaEyes Aug 22, 2018 8:15 PM 8

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