Hosta Christmas Pageant Caryopteris pycnophylla

pycnophylla

We first spotted this cutie at the late Harlan Hamernik's Bluebird Nursery and was amazed

spore propagated from our original collection from Brunswick Co

while the white border intensifies

In colder areas the foliage is damaged by cold

Hosta Christmas Pageant Caryopteris pycnophyllaWe like hostas that shout at you from across the garden, and Hosta 'Christmas Pageant' is a real screamer. This incredible sport of H. 'Christmas Tree' makes a 2' wide clump of round, corrugated, dark green leaves. Each leaf is surrounded by a border that will be more than 1" wide at maturity. The leaf edge emerges a creamy yellow in spring and turns nearly pure white by summer. In late spring, the clumps are topped with spikes of light lavender