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An ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ Hosta in a 3L pot that grows upwards curving blue-green leaves.
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The Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ is an award winning Hosta which produces dark blue-green leaves that curve upwards to form a cup shape. These subtle colours and large, broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden design that few other plants can achieve.
Beyond the primary attraction of impressive foliage, this Hosta also produces delicate white flowers, early in the summer. An easy plant to grow and maintain, it can reach heights of around 45cm with a wide spread of up to 90cm.
Grown in-house at Gates Garden Centre, this 3 litre pot ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ Hosta is best when mixed in with other perennials in beds and borders in a shaded garden and is particularly effective when used as groundcover or to underplant shrubs and roses. It can be used in both city and informal cottage gardens and can be planted in containers. Its large leaves also provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage.
Plant from its pot into a position of partial shade with fertile, moist and well drained soil. Sandy loam is better than clay as it provides more aeration for the roots. Watch for slugs and snails, remove spent foliage as required and clear up dead foliage when it dies back at the end of the growing season. Propagate by division in early spring or late summer.
