Hosta Empress Wu PP 20774 Purple/Lavender Flowering Plants causing skeletonized leaves

causing skeletonized leaves

(syn: Salvia leucantha All Purple) This is the same wonderful late summer- and fall-blooming salvia as Salvia leucantha

But these are the exception to the rule in these normally stationary plants

white with a 4-segmented raspberry cup

Hosta Empress Wu PP 20774 Purple/Lavender Flowering Plants causing skeletonized leavesHosta 'Empress Wu' is the largest growing hosta on the market, derived from forcing Hosta 'Big John' into some unnatural self satisfaction. Our guess is that this giant hosta has both Hosta sieboldiana and Hosta nigrescens in its background. In the garden, our vigorous three year old plants are already 3' tall x 6' wide, on their way to a mature size of 4' tall x 9' wide. The extremely large clumps of glossy green leaves that emerge blue green in