Hosta 'Guacamole'
Plantain Lily 'Guacamole'
Hosta are popular perennials for shady areas. Grown for their architectual qualities and sumptuous foliage topped with lily-like blooms. The flowers appear in mid-summer. Hosta go completely dormant in the autumn, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring. Easily divided in either spring or autumn. 'Guacamole' has avocado green, veined foliage with darker green margins. In late summer, 1m tall flower stalks emerge, bearing fragrant, lilylike white blooms.
Contributed by @heather66
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Frequent watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Plantain Lily 'Guacamole'
Latin name
Hosta 'Guacamole'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Asparagaceae
ph
6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Hosta 'Guacamole'
Hosta are popular perennials for shady areas. Grown for their architectual qualities and sumptuous foliage topped with lily-like blooms. The flowers appear in mid-summer. Hosta go completely dormant in the autumn, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring. Easily divided in either spring or autumn. 'Guacamole' has avocado green, veined foliage with darker green margins. In late summer, 1m tall flower stalks emerge, bearing fragrant, lilylike white blooms.
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Late Summer
Hosta foliage begins to appear late in the spring and then continues throughout the summer. Hosta will produce long stemmed flowers in early to mid summer.
Planting Outdoors spring
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant out container grown plants in full sun but do better in partial shade, they prefer well drained but moist soil.
Planting Outdoors autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Plant out container grown plants in full sun but do better in partial shade, they prefer well drained but moist soil.