| Description | Hosta ventricosa has dark green leaves and one of the darkest purple flowers makes this one of my favorite green-leaves Hosta. |
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| Pronunciation | (Hoss-tah) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | part shade to shade, some sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | bell shaped (perianth) purple to dark purple flowers, July, scapes can reach 40 inches high |
| Leaves | broadly ovate dark green leaves, shiny undersides |
| Dimensions | foliage reaches 20 inches high with a spread of up to 40 inches, mounded |
| Propagation | comes fairly true from seed, division, has self seeded in one of my gardens |
| Native Site | Native to China. |
| Cultivar Origin | One of the first Hosta to be imported to the west. Imported to England in 1790. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Ovate leaf Plantainlily, Murasaki Giboski |
| Author's Notes | This is one of my favorite older green Hosta. I like the dark green leaves and the dark colored flowers. Seems to be fairly slug resistant. |
| Notes & Reference | #50-The Hosta Handbook (Mark R. Zillis), Hosta Library (www.hostalibrary.org) |
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