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Hosta Guardian Angel - Plantain Lily
Hosta Guardian Angel - Plantain Lily
Hosta Guardian Angel
Plantain Lily, Funkia
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Description
The Hosta 'Guardian Angel' is a mutation of 'Blue Angel', an award-winning variety appreciated for its quality of blue colour. This variegated, large-sized cultivar offers large, heart-shaped leaves with irregular blue-green colour in the centre, creamy white in early spring, turning whitish-green later in the season. Mature plants tend to keep their white centre longer in spring. The pale lavender tubular flowers are borne in summer on top of flowering stems about 1m to 1.50m high. This beautiful perennial plant makes a great impact at the edge of the undergrowth, always in shade or partial shade, planted in cool and well-drained soil.
This Hosta, or Funkia, is a completely hardy perennial from the lily family or the hosta family according to classifications. 'Guardian Angel' shows, starting from spring, a growth habit in very wide clumps. The plant, reaching maturity in 5 or 6 years, reaches a height of 60-70 cm and can spread over 1m to 1.20m, if the conditions are met. It is a long-lived plant, with strongly veined leaves in the shape of a heart. The lamina is thick and slightly bumpy. This thick foliage resists gastropod attacks quite well. The flowering usually takes place in July-August, in the form of elongated bells, grouped towards the top of the peduncles that emerge well from the foliage. Each flower opens in a pale lavender shade. All the aboveground, deciduous vegetation disappears in winter.
Hostas are often planted under deciduous trees or showcased in rock gardens and borders, especially near water features. This perennial is also suitable for container gardening or as a standalone plant. 'Guardian Angel' Hosta harmoniously blends with ferns, heucheras, caladiums, and astilbes, which share similar growing conditions. To enhance the beauty of its foliage, pair it with Carex, silvery Caucasian forget-me-nots, or yellow to golden Hakonechloa, which offer a contrast in colour, as well as in texture and leaf shape.
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Botanical data
Hosta
Guardian Angel
Asparagaceae
Plantain Lily, Funkia
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Hostas can be planted in spring or autumn. Hostas prefer a deep, rich, humus-bearing, loose soil, preferably neutral to acidic (at least low in limestone), and moist to wet throughout the year. Plant 'Guardian Angel' in partial shade or dappled shade, and in a sheltered location protected from strong winds.
Prepare a planting hole measuring 20 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm. If your soil is heavy, mix equal parts of potting soil with crumbled soil, partially backfill the hole, and place your potted plant in a way that the top of the root ball is covered with 3 cm of soil. Adding a slow-release fertiliser will nourish your plant during its rooting period without the risk of burning. Make sure to position the collar well above ground level. Firm the soil and water thoroughly to eliminate air pockets. If the weather is dry, you will need to water regularly for a few weeks to facilitate your plant's establishment. Also, water regularly during dry summers.
With their common preference for moist locations, slugs and snails are never far from hostas. Even though blue or variegated hostas often have thicker and tougher foliage, which is less appetising to slugs, these plants need protection from gastropods. Protect your Hostas by surrounding them with ferramol-based pellets (approved for organic farming), eggshells, coffee grounds, wood chips, or any dry and rough natural substance that repels them. Hedgehogs are the gardener's best allies in gastropod control, as they do not disturb the soil like chickens and do not attack the young green shoots of young plants. Finally, some plants have a repellent odour for slugs, such as wormwood and garlic.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.