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Lives up to its name! A slow grower, but well worth the wait. Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today's gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve.
Hosta 'Great Expectations' (Plantain Lily) forms an attractive, dense mound of large, oval, puckered, blue-green leaves with gold centers aging to creamy white. Bell-shaped, near-white blooms appear in summer, rising on scapes 34 in. tall (85 cm).
This great specimen hosta has large puckered yellow leaves edged by wide margins of blue and pale green. Has the ability to reach a larger size but most will see 20"T x 40"W. Midsummer brings white flowers.
Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today's gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage.
The Hosta Great Expectations is one of the most exceptional varieties ever introduced. Great Expectations is one of our the best selling hostas and for good reason. Plants have large puckered leaves with creamy yellow centers with wide, beautiful blue-green margins.
‘Great Expectations’ is a hosta cultivar that features a 22-24” tall mound of large, variegated, oval, puckered, basal leaves with creamy white centers and wide, irregular, blue-green margins. Leaf centers emerge gold in spring before aging to creamy white.
Pair Great Expectations Hosta with Hardy Ferns, Astilbe, Bleeding Hearts, and Heucheras. Choose your favorites from our vast collection of shade perennials and turn a dreary corner into a fabulous feature.
Hosta are among the most popular of perennials for shady areas, with hundreds of varieties now readily available. Plants form a sturdy mound of foliage, topped with lily-like blooms. This superb specimen selection has blue leaves with a bold golden-yellow centre that changes to creamy-white.
Hosta Great Expectations is more than just a plant; it’s a testament to the rewards of patience in gardening. While its slow growth might test your resolve, the captivating foliage and easy-care nature make it a treasure for any shade garden.
Hosta 'Great Expectations' is an elegant cultivar of perennial plants in the genus Hosta. This evergreen rhizomatous herbaceous perennial is part of the Asparagaceae family and bears rounded, thick, blue-green foliage.
