Hosta 'Great Expectations' ~ Monrovia® Great Expectations Hosta high-water IMAGE: kanonn

IMAGE: kanonn

green tropical foliage

Clusters of small nodding cup shaped pink flowers that open with multiple shades of white and pink mature to deep rose bloom on burgundy stems from late winter to mid spring

softly fragrant double-petaled white flowers begins in spring

The round-lobed leaves that create a basal are glossy deep green with dark burgundy in the center veins

Hosta 'Great Expectations' ~ Monrovia® Great Expectations Hosta high-water IMAGE: kanonnGreat Expectations Hosta is a compact shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage. The large puckered basal leaves have wide dark green margins and fern green streaks between the margins and the ever changing center, which emerges chartreuse than shifts to yellow, then cream, then white as the season progresses. Small bell like pale lavender flowers raise up in terminals from the tall spikes in mid summer attracting butterflies