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Plant type

perennial

size

H: 4"-6"
W: 6"-12"

planting zones

3a-9a

3.5" pot | $15

Ships USPS, based on weight/location

Fewer than 15 at Secret Garden Growers

Mature Division--Bare Root | $10

Ships as soon as new growth is hardened off

Fewer than 28 at Sebright Gardens

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Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' plant details

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' is a moderate-growing broadleaf deciduous perennial with blue and green foliage. In summer lavender flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Attracts hummingbirds. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, clay, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something pollution tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: asparagaceae
Foliage: deciduous blue and green
Mature size: 6 IN - 12 IN - wide, 4 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: lavender blooms in summer
Uses: award-winning, border plant, clumping, container plant, easy-to-grow, heart-shaped leaves, larger quantity available, long-lived, rock garden, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

USDA Zones: 3a - 9a
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: pollution and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, clay, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

'Blue Mouse Ears' is by far the favourite of all miniature hosta. This plantain lily has small, round, blue leaves with a substance so thick you have to feel it to believe it. Slugs will have no interest in this unchewable foliage. The lavender flower buds swell up like little balloons on short scapes before opening in midsummer. A must-have mini hosta for the collector and rock garden enthusiast. 2008 Hosta of the Year! Miniature Hosta are great in shady containers or troughs, at the front of the border, in shady rock gardens, tucked into small spaces, and along pathways. Or mass plant as a small scale ground cover. Dangerous for collectors who will want to have many more than just one! Attracts bees and hummingbirds. Less likely to be of interest to deer with its thick leaves.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Dazzling silver blue rounded leaves (ears) make quite a statement for such a mini of a plant, so perfect and symmetrical they look almost artificial. 6” tall clumping out to 12” wide. This one will take more sun than others. Who needs jewels? Give me a box of mini hostas instead! USDA Z3

By: Secret Garden Growers

The leaves of Hemerocallis 'Secured Borders' emerge in spring with a narrow green center surrounded on both sides with wide white borders. The small, 12" tall x 18" wide clumps make a stunning statement in the spring garden. As the weather warms, the variegation gradually disappears and the leaves turn green. Hemerocallis 'Secured Borders' is topped with short stalks of yellow flowers in early summer...visited by hummingbirds.

By: Noname Nursery

Zn 3. Lavender flowers. Gray leaves. Dwarf.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

This super-cute hosta is a mutation of H. ???Blue Cadet??, proving that sometimes a little mutation is good. In this form small silver-blue leaves, slightly rolled at the edges, form rounded clumps, to 8" tall x 1 ft wide, topped in early summer with short, sweet spikes of lavender flowers. Best in light shade to shade where the soil is rich and summer water is regularly supplied. Frost hardy to -40F, USDA zones 3.

By: Cistus Nursery

Small, round, gray-green leaves. Lavender flowers on short stems. 2008 Host of the Year. Growth Rate medium

By: Garden World

Mouse photo shows spring color. Inset shows dark powder blue leaves of summer. Blue Mouse Ears gives 3-season color as the leaves turn to fall colors of soft yellow, pink and gold. Tiny but typical Hosta bell flowers in late spring, early summer. Leaves are larger than any real mouse's ear but are very small for a hosta at about 2 inches. Considered slug and snail resistant which for us has proved true. Named Hosta of the Year in 2008! Perfect for any miniature garden, trough, rock garden, small scenes, Fairy Garden, Hosta collector or for ears on a hand made mouse.

By: Mini Forest By Sky

This 2008 Hosta of the Year makes a great small mound of blue green foliage that is reminiscent of a mouse's ear.? This is probably the cutest hosta in existence, it's a great grower?and is extremely popular.

By: Botanophilia

The small blue green thick textured leaves are cute indeed but oviously whoever named it has never looked closely at a mouse ear.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Very thick, almost rubbery, nearly round rich blue-green leaves; vigorous & pest resistant. AHGA Hosta of the year for 2008. Bell shaped rich violet striped lavender flowers in mid summer. Plant in morning or evening sun then afternoon shade, or light shade all day. Miniature/Dwarf hosta.

By: Sebright Gardens

5" tall. Round blue/green leaves with glaucous bloom underneath. Hold color well in shade. Pale lavender flowers.

By: Hoot Owl Hollow Nursery

An adorable little Hosta with small thick gray blue cupped leaves that form a tidy 1' clump. Flower buds are held horizontally and swell like balloons before opening, for added visual interest.

By: Avant Gardens

2009 Hosta of the year! Very thick rounded leaves, looks like the shape of little mouse ears. This dainty little charmer makes a neat, symmetrical clump of silvery blue leaves which roll up at the edges. Partial shade or shade.

By: Briggs Plant Propagators

Every time we look at hostas this plant draws our eyes. It is distinctive; there isn’t another hosta that is similar. Plants are rich dusty blue all summer and look like large mouse ears. The plants will get to 6” (flower and all). This is an excellent plant for the rock garden or the front of the shady border.