Hosta 'So Sweet' ~ So Sweet Hosta

Hosta 'So Sweet' ~ So Sweet HostaSo Sweet Hosta is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The large basal leaves are a glossy dark green with creamy yellow margins that slowly matures to white. The highly fragrant bell like white flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Perennial Height: 1' 2' Spread: 2. 5' 3. 5 Spacing: 3 USDA

So Sweet Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage.  The large basal leaves are a glossy dark green with creamy yellow margins that slowly matures to white.  The highly fragrant bell-like white flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies.  Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.  

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, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Forest Grass, Columbine, Painted Fern

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta So Sweet 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo bt Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Hosta 'So Sweet', (3) Babij, 36385115

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown