Hosta sieboldiana
Funkie
Common names: Blue-leaf Funkie, Heart-leaf Lily, Garden Funkie
Photo: Sten Porse · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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Description
The Funkie is the queen of the shade garden: its large, blue-green, heart-shaped leaves form dense, decorative cushions that dwarf every flower. In midsummer it produces delicate, pale violet bell-shaped flowers above the foliage. It is prized for its foliage rather than its blooms, and it becomes more impressive with age.
Care instructions
Plant the Funkie in humus-rich, evenly moist soil in partial shade or shade, direct noon sun scorches the leaves. Keep the soil consistently moist and mulch, as it tolerates dryness poorly. The biggest enemy is snails: apply snail bait or a barrier in early spring (week 15) once the leaves emerge. Prune yellowed foliage only after frost.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, loamy, sandy, moist, well-drained
Feeding
Medium feeder
Months
Mar, Apr, Jun
Propagation
Methods
- Division
- From seed
Companion planting
Good neighbors
nightshade family (Solanaceae)
particularly well establishedAsparagus and tomato benefit from each other. The tomato keeps the asparagus beetle away, and the asparagus repels threadworms that harm the tomato.
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Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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