Prince of Wales Hosta Plants

Hosta 'Prince of Wales'

Grey green leaves and pale lavender flowers, almost white.

Invaluable for the shady garden, giving interest, structure and colour from spring until autumn.

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Features

• Foliage: Grey green
• Flower: Pale lavender
• Flowering: July-August
• Height x Spread: 1m x 1m.
• Position: Prefers shade, requires water in full sun
• Soil: Loam, clay, sand, moist but well drained.
• Hardy, grows on the coast

Garden Design Ideas

Hostas are famous for their shade tolerance, but most of them are also fine in full sun as long as the soil is moist all the time. They're tough plants that grow on the coast and polluted urban sites.

History & Trivia

Bred from Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans' and Hosta montana in 2012 by champion Hosta breeder Diana Grenfell (1935-2021) at Applecourt Nursery, Hampshire.

King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, wrote the foreword to her New Encyclopedia of Hostas.