Praying Hands hosta
Hosta 'Praying Hands'
Hosta of the Year 2011
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size16 inches tall2.5 feet wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Lavender
- Foliage color
- Variegated
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Praying Hands' hosta (Hosta 'Praying Hands') is a perennial for shade gardens, borders, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Dark green leaves are crinkled and folded, with a narrow cream border that looks like hands in prayer. Light lavender flowers rise above the upright clumps in late summer.
Pairs well with Fringed bleeding heart, Mount Hood daffodil, and Coral Charm peony.