H. 'Raspberry Sorbet'

Always eager to add 'red legs' to the Hosta assortment, this small gem joined us from Chatham, ON, on June 12/09. I look forward to seeing it develop over the course of the year.

Give them a few days, keep them well hydrated, and they bounce right back.

As you can see, it settled right in and was happy enough to send up a scape and with all that maroon speckling it is easy to see how it ended up with it's name. It flowers quite late, this picture is from September 6th.

A day later and the first bud has opened. As the plant grows and develops into a clump I can well imagine the showing a stand of scapes and flowers will make, can't wait for that to happen.

Not only does it have gorgeous flowers, like most of its red-legged cousins it's an early riser. Here it is March 4th 2010, and it's well up-n-at-it. Not only that, look at all the new shoots this year!

Some more info in Hugo's Database.