Dancing Queen Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its broad, heavily veined foliage with wavy margins that emerges bright yellow and softens to chartreuse or green. The tall scapes of pale lavender bell-like flowers raise up above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best color in part sun and moist well-drained soils. Tolerates black walnut. Type: Perennial Origins: China, Japan, and Korea Height: 1' - 1.5' Spread: 2' - 2.5’ Spacing: 2’ USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9 Culture: Part Sun, Full Shade Bloom Color: Purple Season of Interest: Summer MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked. Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed. Otherwise, little to no problems. LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Woodland Gardens, Shade Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Painted Fern, Lungwort, Columbine IMAGES: amandabhslater, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - 5933743260, CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Will Bakker, Frilly edges, (3) Consulat de la Boirie, Explosion d'hostas, (4) (3412213170), CC BY 2.0, (3) Cathy Stanley-Erickson, Under the Hostas *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
