Hosta Blue Lady
Blue Lady Hosta
Hosta 'Blue Lady' — a medium to large blue hosta valued for its broad blue-green leaves, smooth texture, and graceful mounded habit. The foliage has good substance and maintains a cool blue tone well in shaded gardens, creating a calm, refined effect through the growing season. Pale lavender flowers rise above the foliage in midsummer, adding soft seasonal color while the foliage remains the main ornamental feature.
Type: Perennial
Mature Size:
Width: 30–40 in
Height: 18–22 in (to ~28 in in flower)
USDA Zones: 3a–8b
Form: Dense, rounded mound
Light: Partial shade to full shade; best blue color in filtered shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained soils rich in organic matter
Water: Moderate; prefers evenly moist soil
Wildlife: Attracts hummingbirds and bees
Features & Landscape Uses:
A dependable blue hosta for woodland gardens, shade borders, mixed hosta collections, and foundation beds. Its cool foliage pairs especially well with gold or white-variegated hostas, ferns, and other shade perennials.
Care:
Maintain consistent moisture and mulch annually to keep roots cool. Protect from strong afternoon sun to preserve blue leaf coating. Remove spent flower stalks after bloom and clean old foliage in early spring. Divide mature clumps every few years if needed. 🌿
- Plant type
- Perennial
- Height
- 18-22"
- Width
- 30-40"
- Hardiness zones
- 3–8
- Sunlight
- Full Shade, Partial Shade
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom time
- Mid Summer
- Flower color
- Lavender
- Leaf color
- Dark Spring Green
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds
- Soil
- Moist well-drained, Rich
- Landscape use
- Accent Plant, Border, Container, Mass Planting
- Shape
- Dense, Mounded, Rounded
- Drought tolerant
- No
