Hosta, Sound of Music

Hosta 'Sound of Music'

Height: 30-32in
Spread: 60-66in
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Part shade to full shade
Bloom Time/Color: July-August; white
Uses: Massing, specimen, borders, shade garden
Maintenance: Low
Other: Attracts hummingbirds, cut flower

Hostas continue to be the mainstays of the shade garden and the backdrops for other smaller perennials. If given consistent even moisture, hostas can be planted in most soils in shade and will require little care thereafter. Hostas will grow into large clumps and can be easily divided and moved; plant in mass or borders for a bold effect. Aside from the varying color schemes of hosta leaves, most are green and will produce slender stalks of bell-shaped flowers by mid-summer. Both the leaves and flowers make decent cut flowers and can be used in mixed arrangements. Flowers also attract hummingbirds and other pollinators. The 'Sound of Music' is a giant hosta variety and will add immediate interest with its heavily corrugated, medio variegated leaves. Its chartreuse centers jet to glaucous blue-green margins, centers mature to creamy white in summer, while in early summer large clusters of near white flowers appear.