Buy Hosta 'Praying Hands'

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 14"-18"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

3a-9b

Mature Division--Bare Root | $16

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Hosta 'Praying Hands' plant details

Hosta 'Praying Hands' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green, variegated and white foliage. In summer lavender flowers emerge. Features glossy texture. Attracts hummingbirds. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something pollution tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Hosta 'Praying Hands'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: asparagaceae
Foliage: deciduous green, variegated and white
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 14 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: lavender blooms in summer
Uses: award-winning, collector plant, container plant, crinkly leaves, long-lived, unique, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Hosta 'Praying Hands'

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

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Hosta collectors heads up! Upright, dark green rippled leaves tightly folded in prayer, 14” tall and 24” wide. Leaves have a thin gold margin (little halos for the little angels). 18” spikes of large lavender flowers in late summer. American Hosta Society 2011 Hosta of the Year. USDA Z3

By: Secret Garden Growers

Zn 3.Wavey dark geen leaves with white margin.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

???Like a multitude of hands folded in prayer?? according to Tony Avent, this ??un-hosta?? grows to an 18" wide clump of folded and crinkled dark green leaves, with a narrow cream border. Sends up 18" spikes of light lavender flowers in late summer. For light shade in USDA zones 3-8.

By: Cistus Nursery

Praying Hands' is the most un-hosta looking hosta to ever hit the market. Each small, 18" wide clump is composed of strangely folded, dark green crinkled leaves, each with a narrow cream border resembling a multitude of hands folded in prayer. The upright clumps are topped with 18 inch spikes of light lavender flowers in late summer.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

'Praying Hands' is one of the most unique and recognizable cultivars of Hosta. Upright mounds to 16" tall have long slender leaves that are folded and curled. These leaves are dark green and surrounded by a creamy margin. One of the best varieties to use in a container thanks to its upright habit. AHGA Hosta of the Year 2011!

By: Botanophilia

2011 Hosta of the year the unusually tight, folded dark-green, crinkled leaves and yellow-gold margin turning white on the end of a long, upright petiole. Each green leaf is rolled and folded into a tube shape, displaying the prominent veins on the back and shiny underside This has been around for a while and seems a somewhat odd choice for Hosta of the year. It must be the vast right wing Christian conspiracy, or maybe the Tea party.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Praying Hands is a totally unique Hosta. Plants develop as tight clumps of crinkled upward reaching leaves that nearly fold in on themselves. Leaves are dark green with a thin yellow margin. Like no other Hosta for texture and effect. Grows to about 14" tall with 18" purple flower spikes above the leaves in summer.

By: Fantastic Plants

2011 Hosta of the Year. Very upright, smooth, olive green lace shaped leaves with very narrow yellowish gold rippled marginS & glossy undersides. Bell shaped lavender flowers in late summer. Plant in low sun afternoon shade to full shade. Medium size hosta.

By: Sebright Gardens

14" tall and 17" wide. Darki green with a wide yellow margin or varying width. Slightly shiny top and very shiny underneath. Deeply folded lance shaped leaves. 16" scape with pale lavender flowers. Looks more like a sanseviera or rohdea than a hosta.