Hosta 'Sagae'

Stunning, easy, hardy, the best!

This is one huge showy hosta! I have mine in lots of sun and it is enormous. It is slug resistant. Planted in heavy clay soil (not the...Read More best) and I don't water it often in the summer and it just thrives. Every hosta lover should have this one. Fast grower, mine is 3 years old and has over 75 leaves that are over a foot long. Beautiful sage green color with cream margins. I love the thick leaves and it's upright shape. Very cold hardy.
It's a real winner!

In three years the plant grew from 3 stems to 25 stems. It is now 4 feet in diameter and 3-4 feet high. No slug problems. Erect vase s...Read Morehape mound. It is truly a gardent stopper!

'Sagae' forms a large, semi-upright mound about 31" high by 70" wide (or slightly larger). Leaves average 13" long by 10.25" wide. The 1...Read More/4" to 3/4" margin changes from yellow to creamy yellow or creamy white during the growing season. In deep shade the margins will remain yellow but will turn creamy white with merely 2-3 hours of bright light per day while the center stays a dark green. There can be gray-green streaks at the junction of the margin and center; shiny top surface of leaves with a moderate underside bloom. The blade is ovate, almost triangular, with a deeply lobed base and five or more distinct waves per margin. Little or no corrugation and a thick substance with 13 vein pairs.

Pale lavendar flowers on 38" to 50" scapes appear in mid-July into August. Scapes are very thick and covered with a thick, grayish bloom, 48 flowers in the top 12" of each scape. Prolific seed pod formation.

Hosta of the Year - named by the American Hosta Growers' Association - 2000!

Makes vase shaped mound and a great focal point in the shade garden. Scapes are tall, 35"-50" and can flop though. Margin is lighter with...Read More more sun/brighter light.