Botanical Name: Hosta 'Great Expectations'
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Common Name: Great Expectations Hosta  
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Change spray sprinklers to low-flow bubbler or drip systems. Shrubs and trees are ideal candidates for this type of irrigation because the water is applied directly to the root zones.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Gold, Blue Green, White, Yellow, Variegated

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephaie Duer
Photographer: Linda Engstrom
  • Description

  • Notes

'Great Expectations' is a hosta cultivar with large, rounded to ovate bright yellow to chartruse leaf centers with deep blue-green irregular margins. Centers age to creamy white as the summer progresses. The plant stands about 18 to 24 inches tall without flowers, and grows about 30 to 34 inches wide. Flowers are white, appearing in mid summer on scapes another foot or so above the mound of foliage. It has a low, sort of stocky presence that is a wonderful contrast to heuchera, lamium, and rue.