Hosta Shadowland® 'Empress Wu' 1 Gallon

Plant Height:  30 inches

Flower Height:  4 feet

Spacing:  5 feet

Sunlight:  partial shade  full
shade

Hardiness Zone:  3a

Other Names:  Plantain Lily,
Funkia

Group/Class:  Shadowland
Collection

Brand:  Proven Winners

Description:

Huge dark green deeply veined
leaves of good substance; spikes
of reddish violet flowers in
early to mid-summer; one of the
largest hosta varieties, it is
an enormous focal point for the
garden or border ends

Ornamental Features

Shadowland0 Empress Wu Hosta
features dainty spikes of violet
tubular flowers rising above the
foliage from early to mid
summer. Its attractive enormous
heart-shaped leaves remain dark
green in color throughout the
season.

Landscape Attributes

Shadowland0 Empress Wu Hosta is
a dense herbaceous perennial
with a mounded form. Its medium
texture blends into the garden,
but can always be balanced by a
couple of finer or coarser
plants for an effective
composition.

This is a relatively low
maintenance plant, and is best
cleaned up in early spring
before it resumes active growth
for the season. Gardeners should
be aware of the following
characteristic(s) that may
warrant special consideration;
Insects
Shadowland0 Empress Wu Hosta is
recommended for the following
landscape applications;

Accent
Mass Planting
General Garden Use
Groundcover
Planting & Growing

Shadowland0 Empress Wu Hosta
will grow to be about 30 inches
tall at maturity extending to 4
feet tall with the flowers, with
a spread of 6 feet. When grown
in masses or used as a bedding
plant, individual plants should
be spaced approximately 5 feet
apart. Its foliage tends to
remain dense right to the
ground, not requiring facer
plants in front. It grows at a
slow rate, and under ideal
conditions can be expected to
live for approximately 10 years.
As an herbaceous perennial, this
plant will usually die back to
the crown each winter, and will
regrow from the base each
spring. Be careful not to
disturb the crown in late winter
when it may not be readily
seen!

This plant does best in partial
shade to shade. It prefers to
grow in average to moist
conditions, and shouldn't be
allowed to dry out. It is not
particular as to soil type or
pH. It is somewhat tolerant of
urban pollution. This particular
variety is an interspecific
hybrid. It can be propagated by
division; however, as a
cultivated variety, be aware
that it may be subject to
certain restrictions or
prohibitions on propagation.