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Hosta 'Sum And Substance'
(Plantain Lily 'Sum and Substance')

Family - Asparagaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Bred by Paul Aden, plant breeder
Year of Introduction - 1980
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 1.2m or more

Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial that forms a very large mound of basal foliage that can reach more than a metre across. Smooth, waxy leaves are ovate to heart-shaped and each can reach more than 50cm in length. The leaves are a bright shade of yellow-green and become golden yellow and puckered with age. Pale violet, tubular bell-shaped flowers are held in upright Racemes well above the foliage and are produced from mid to late summer. Excellent for use as cut flowers and attractive to pollinating insects. This plant is mainly grown for the effect of the foliage.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Tubular bell-sh.aped flowers are a shade of pale violet. The blooms are held in upright racemes (that can reach 125cm in height) well above the foliage and are produced in July and August.

Flower colour: Purple

Flower shape: Tubular bell-shaped flowers held in racemes

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Very large, ovate to Cordate leaves a bright shade of yellow-green and will become golden yellow and puckered with age. Each leaf can reach 50cm in length. The leaves are held in impressive basal mounds that can reach well over 1m in spread.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate

Autumn Colour: Yellow

Pest and Diseases:

Protect from slugs and snails.

Propagation:

Division.

Cultivation:

Best in a sunny to partially shaded position in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.