Hosta Big Mama Spring Flowering Plants if you see the foliage

if you see the foliage is being eaten

it was used medicinally to treat arthritis

leave the stalks until seed have dropped

In early March (NC) Carex 'Hime' is topped with an attractive show of weeping

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Hosta Big Mama Spring Flowering Plants if you see the foliageFor all those out there with the same nickname, Hosta 'Big Mama' is an oldie but goodie from the famed Long Island garden of the late hosta guru, Paul Aden. The Hosta sieboldiana background shows through with the large, puckered, thick blue leaves that adorn the 40" tall x 5' wide clump. The giant clumps of Hosta 'Big Mama' are topped with pure white flowers in early summer on 4' tall scapes a hummingbird celebration. As with all blue leaf hostas, the