Hosta 'Dancing Darling' ~ Dancing Darling Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Darling' ~ Dancing Darling HostaDancing Darling Hosta is a large shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large curling basal leaves are deeply veined and emerge deep yellow before turning bright yellow gold with green margins. Small bell like lilac purple flowers raise up in terminals from the green rootstalk above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Perennial Height: 1' 1. 5'

Dancing Darling Hosta is a large shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage.  The large curling basal leaves are deeply veined and emerge deep yellow before turning bright yellow-gold with green margins.  Small bell-like lilac purple flowers raise up in terminals from the green rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies.  Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked.  Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed.  Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Japanese Forest Grass, Bleeding Heart, Coral Bells

IMAGE: Cephas, Jardin botanique Roger-Van den Hende 021, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.