LATE EMERGING HOSTAS

The following hostas have been reported by many gardeners to emerge later in the spring than many other cultivars. Of course, certain factors such as the weather pattern, ground temperature, amount and type of mulch, and micro-climates (such as against the south side of a building) have a direct effect on the emergence of all hostas.

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  • 'American Icon'
  • 'Black Hills'
  • 'Bright Lights'
  • 'Choko Nishiki'
  • 'Cutting Edge'
  • 'Deep Blue Sea'
  • 'Eskimo Pie'
  • 'Eternal Flame'
  • 'Fortunei' cultivars
  • 'Francee'
  • 'Fujibotan'
  • 'Gold Standard'
  • 'Green Fountain'
  • 'Grey Ghost'
  • 'Honeybells'
  • 'Independence'
  • 'Inniswood'
  • 'Jimmy Crack Corn'
  • 'Kinkaku'
  • 'Manhattan'
  • 'Mountain Snow'
  • 'Mountain Sunrise'
  • 'Mr. Big'
  • 'Paradise Power'
  • 'Praying Hands'
  • 'On Stage'
  • 'Orange Marmalade'
  • 'Revolution'
  • 'Rhino Hide'
  • 'Snow Cap'
  • 'Stained Glass'
  • 'Sugar Daddy'
  • 'Summer Snow'
  • 'Tokudama'
  • 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'
  • 'Tokudama Flavocircinalis'
  • 'Topaz'
  • 'Wooly Mammoth'
  • 'Yellow River'

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