Hosta nigrescens Elatior Cottage Garden Plants also quite useful in bonsai

also quite useful in bonsai containers

The 18" tall stems are topped with shiny green

a cross between Lycoris aurea and Lycoris radiata var

In colder climates

The tidy-minded gardener can cut it to ground as soon as he feels a need to do so once it is done blooming

Hosta nigrescens Elatior Cottage Garden Plants also quite useful in bonsaiThe only similarity that this shares with H. nigrescens is the NBA sized bloom stalk to 7' tall with light lavender to near white flowers! Giant pointed green leaves and all, this is probably the most impressive large growing hosta (5'+ wide) that I have ever seen a truly spectacular but unknown selection of a species that deserves to be in every hosta garden!