Hosta 'Purple Heart'
Plantain Lily 'Purple Heart'
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. 'Purple Heart' has light to mid-green leaves which are held on a near-black stem. The foliage forms a neat mound, which in late summer is crowned with lavender coloured flowers.
Contributed by @mattbradby
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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 'Purple Heart'
Latin name
Hosta 'Purple Heart'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Asparagaceae
ph
6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.40 M
Hosta 'Purple Heart'
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. 'Purple Heart' has light to mid-green leaves which are held on a near-black stem. The foliage forms a neat mound, which in late summer is crowned with lavender coloured flowers.
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Lavender flowers in 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.
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.
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.
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