| Description | Hosta Nakaimo(Hosta Nakaimo) is a medium-sized green Hosta with purple flowers followed by many seed pods. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | shade, dabbled sun, some direct sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | Lots of tubular medium purple flowers on 20-plus inch scapes. The flowers are borne in an inflorescence called a raceme, |
| Fruit | Produces many seed pods that dry and release the black seeds. |
| Leaves | Heart-shaped green leaves. |
| Dimensions | Foliage reaches 12 by 32 inches (HS). Flowers will add additional height. |
| Native Site | Native of Korea and naturalized in Japan. |
| Cultivar Origin | Fumio Mackawa first described it in 1935 and then in 1937. It was developed at the Imperial Botanic Garden in Toyokia, Japan. |
| Misc Facts | The name means "ornamental hair-piece" because the flowers resemble a traditional hairpin worn by Japanese women. |
| Notes & Reference | #24-The Hosta Book (Aden), #50-The Hostapedia (Mark R. Zillis), #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences of different Hosta |
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