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'Love Story' Hosta

Hosta hybrid

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Overview

The Hosta hybrid 'Love Story' is a mounded perennial with heart-shaped green leaves, chartreuse streaking, creamy white centers, and softly waved edges. It grows 14-16 inches tall and spreads 36-42 inches wide, with white flowers in early summer. Best in part shade to shade, it prefers moist, well-drained, organically enriched soil and average water. Hardy in USDA Zones 3-9.

Water Medium
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — The Hosta hybrid 'Love Story' is a mounded perennial with heart-shaped green leaves
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — It grows 14-16 inches tall and spreads 36-42 inches wide, with white flowers in early summer'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — Best in part shade to shade, it prefers moist, well-drained, organically enriched soil and average water'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — The Hosta hybrid 'Love Story''Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — commonly referred to as 'Love Story' Hosta'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — is a mounded perennial from the Proven Winners® collection'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — valued for foliage that feels both refined and quietly luminous in shade+8

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
1.1666666–1.3333334 Ft.
Mature width
3–3.5 Ft.

Classification

Family
Liliaceae

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'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — The Hosta hybrid 'Love Story' is a mounded perennial with heart-shaped green leaves
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — It grows 14-16 inches tall and spreads 36-42 inches wide, with white flowers in early summer
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — Best in part shade to shade, it prefers moist, well-drained, organically enriched soil and average water
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — The Hosta hybrid 'Love Story'
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — commonly referred to as 'Love Story' Hosta
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — is a mounded perennial from the Proven Winners® collection
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — valued for foliage that feels both refined and quietly luminous in shade
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — heart-shaped leaves are edged in rich green
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — with chartreuse jetting that appears to bleed inward toward creamy white centers
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — adding movement even before its early summer white flowers rise above the foliage
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — A gentle piecrust wave along each margin gives the plant a softly ruffled texture
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — giving this hosta a polished
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — layered look over time.<br><br>At maturity
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — generous mound reaching about 14 to 16 inches tall and spreading 36 to 42 inches wide
'Love Story' Hosta (Hosta hybrid) — making it broad enough to read strongly in a planting composition without overwhelming neighboring perennials

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