Hosta Scentuous Jeffersonia adding the border is like

adding the border is like adding icing to an already delicious cake

The plants from this population also have a lovely contrasting white pattern at the base of the petals

topped for us in late April with spikes of scrumptious dark blue flowers

three-petalled flower in mid-April (NC)

Even after the center color fades

Hosta Scentuous Jeffersonia adding the border is likeHosta 'Scentuous' is a 2020 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a cross we made back in 1995 between Hosta 'Hirao Elite' and the fragrant Hosta plantaginea. The result is an amazingly vigorous hosta that forms an 18" tall x 4' wide clump of glossy green leaves. Starting for us in early August (NC), the clumps are topped with a large number of 2' tall stalks, each topped with wide open, strongly fragrant flowers that are heavily streaked with dark