Hosta 'Pandora's Box'
Miniature hosta
- Height × spread
- 0.1m × 0.25m
- Position
- Tolerates part shade, likes light shade
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A charming dwarf of some character. This makes a rather informal mound with spreading and uplifted leaves. These are smooth in appearance and conspicuously variegated. The base colour is olive green, but this is overlaid with cream or chartreuse hued cream, the colour generally forking and splitting so that every leaf appears different. There are pale lavender flowers held above the foliage in midsummer that are shaped more like bells than funnels. The colour is best in shade. Once established - which may take some time - divide regularly or the leaves may revert to green. It's good in a container or a rockery, sited to take advantage of its informal growth habit. Best in a lightly shaded position.
- Flower colour
- Lavender, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Cream, Green
- Variegated
- Yes
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.1m
- Spread
- 0.25m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Shady court, Seaside garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early · Planting
Divide while dormant
Clumps of bulbs, corms or rhizomes can be divided when the plant is dormant. The divided bulbs or corms can immediately be replanted at a little distance from each other, or moved to other locations.
Spring-Autumn · Planting
Protect from slugs & snails
Protect young plants and new growth from slugs; mature plants can withstand slugs though damage affects their appearance. Apply nematodes in Spring. Or sprinkle organic slug pellets thinly around plants. Barrier methods, eg copper tape, may help.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
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