Hosta ‘Great Expectations’
Hosta ‘Great Expectations’ can be very difficult to grow, and it also grows very slowly. Many people have no success at all with this hosta and advise sinking the potted plant into the soil. Supposedly this process allows more moisture and fertilizer to stay near the root system until the hosta become root-bound in two or three years, when it should be planted directly into the garden. I have had no experience with this method because I had already planted mine directly into the garden before I ever read this advice, and happily they have done well regardless… except once when wild turkeys discovered a fondness for hosta leaves and ate off one complete eye! Great Expectations does produce seed pods, but unfortunately these seeds usually do not germinate.
Leaves:
12 1/2 inches long, 10 inches wide
2 1/2-inch wide blue-green margin
18 vein pairs
Flowers:
near white
blooms late June to early July
29-inch high scapes
Mound size:
58 inches in diameter
29 inches high
Written by Shirley | Filed Under Hosta, Plants in my Gardens, Voluntary Simplicity
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Comments
Comment by Pattie:
This spring I had 5 hostas that did not come up at all. Today when I went to transplant some others I had in holding area the dead plants had huge root systems but produced no greenery? What did I do wrong or what could be the problem, can anyone help me with this? My favorites “Love Pats” are the ones I miss the most and have the biggest root balls…………….Thank You!
Comment by David Treis:
This is one hosta I really would like to have someday. I love that soft yellow color.
Comment by Kelsey:
My Great Expectations had two small eyes. I broke one off accidentally when I was planting it so this hosta looks very stunted right now. After seeing these photos I have dreams that my will some day look like your’s. Absolutely beautiful. Wonderful photographs.
Comment by Emma:
I have one of these and it is doing very poorly. I had not heard of keeping it potted. Mine is already in the ground. I wonder if it would benefit from being dug up and repotted or if it would be better to leave it alone.
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