Hosta August Moon

August Moon Hosta - Hosta’s are basically not only popular for its flowers. Hostas are remarkably admired perennials in recent day’s gardens owing to their adaptability to all kinds of landscape. They have a height of around 24 Inches and a stretch of approximate 24 Inches to 36 Inches. They provide vivid colors in shades with magnificent foliage due to their faint colors, their wide and crude nature, which loads up a slot in the garden designs which hardly other plants can do.

The Hosta ‘August Moon’ belongs to the Family, Liliaceae and Genus Hosta. The plant is 10 inches to 18 inches tall and the Growth rate is Medium. It has a very dense circular mound with large round seer-suckered leaves, which are wide, heart-shaped and green gold colored with slightly wrinkled margins, with approximately 9 to 11 vein pairs, giving it an exceptionally striking appearance. The green gold color of the leaves gradually turns to harvest gold with the advancement of summer. The Leaf appearance is moderately corrugated and the top texture is slightly shiny with the bottom texture being glaucous bloom. The leaf substance is good making them slug resistant.

The funnel shaped or open bell-shaped, white lavender flowers are prolifically produced on 24″ scapes and blossom from the period of July and August. The Flower has no fragrance.

Seeds are viable. The seeds can be collected by allowing pods to dry on plant and then breaking them open in order to collect the seeds. Seeds, if cleaned properly can be stored successfully.

It is a very vigorous grower and can tolerate the sun, which intensifies the gold color of the leaves. It can also be kept in light shade, partial to full shade or full shade. This perennial is perfect for shades, tubs and pots, and is amongst the most popular landscape uses. It is widely chosen by most beginner gardener.

Need for water of this plant is average but one must water regularly. At the same time it should be remembered that one should not over water, which can cause damage.*

Here are a few Growing and Maintenance Tips for Hosta ‘August Moon’ :

Hostas grow ideally well in damp, well-drained, exceedingly organic soils which has a pH somewhere from 5.5 to 7.5. Rather than clay the more preferred is sandy loam, as it offers additional ventilation for roots.

Highly filtered sunlight is essential for clean and healthy growth of Hosta ‘August Moon’. Morning sun is bearable which helps to deepen the colors of the leaf, however, hot the noon sun is generally considered deadly for hostas. Commonly they are at home where shades or partial shades are available. Hostas proliferate very easily through division, which can be made during any time throughout the period of the season of growth. Each of these divisions must possess a minimum of 3 eyes, these plants ought to be permitted to develop for quite a few years prior to being divided.

Application of a slug lure during the beginning of spring when the fresh shoots are just starting to come out will help immensely in reducing the slug inhabitants. Cleaning the hosta foliage near the beginning winter once the plants become dormant will help to get rid of the region where the eggs of these slugs remain along with other insects that feed on leaves.

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