Hosta 'Lakeside Meter Maid'

Hosta 'Lakeside Meter Maid'[M] Mary Chastain's much improved sport of the fussy 'Summer Music'. Broad, lightly puckered leaves are snow white with wide, dark green margins. A sharp color contrast and the wide margins make for a much better grower than its parent. Hosta 'Lakeside Meter Maid' has good leaf substance and will form a mound about 18" tall and 36" wide. Near white, fertile flowers open in mid summer. (M. Chastain 1998)

Treat it like a succulent

Princess Nadia reblooms in late summer with several more flower spikes

[M-L] Even on those hot and hazy summer mornings

Gargantuan leaves can grow up to 5 feet long and 4 feet across and a mature plant will readily reach 9 feet tall and wide

The red carries through the leaf veins

Hold color best in a cool

[M-L] Here's another winner from the 'Fragrant Bouquet' and 'Guacamole' family

There have been a couple similar sports named

Pale lavender flowers in early summer

The margin color randomly streaks into the leaf center

sip your drink

[M] 'Tropical Dancer' is a flashy sport of 'Spring Fling' that comes from Europe