Carex scaposa DJHV 2304 Spotted/Speckled Flowering Plants Clumps of Hosta 'Hollywood Lights'

Clumps of Hosta 'Hollywood Lights' are topped with 2' tall spikes of light lavender hummingbird-friendly flowers in mid-July

which open to reveal pure-white

The 16" tall x 40" wide

which goes by the common name purple dragon

The basal pair of pinnae (fern leaflets) got carried away and grew much longer than the other pinnae resulting in unusual fronds that look like wings on a green airplane

Carex scaposa DJHV 2304 Spotted/Speckled Flowering Plants Clumps of Hosta 'Hollywood Lights'Carex scaposa DJHV 2304 is a 2003 Dan Hinkley Vietnamese collection of one of our favorite sedges. This collection of Carex scaposa has shown considerably more vigor in our trials over the typically offered forms of the species. The 1' tall x 2' wide clump of wide green foliage is topped, starting in early October with spikes of light pink flowers that rise above the foliage.