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Excellently striped tiny buds in late June

New growth pushing up in late April

Common name plantain lily Family hostaceae Life cycle perennial (Z3-8) Flowers violet (early summer) Size 3-6" Light part-full shade Dwarf hosta species grown for its dense mass of small leaves. Good for groundcover in shady areas. We saw a very nice pot-full of them at Point Phillip Perennials, and were happy to get a small specimen, hopeful to create the effect for ourselves. It is planted in a trough that's way too big for the plant at its current size – I'm an optimist! Our plant bloomed in late June a year later.

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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