Hosta 'Orange Marmalade' ~ Orange Marmalade Hosta

Hosta 'Orange Marmalade' ~ Orange Marmalade HostaOrange Marmalade Hosta is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its attractive foliage with broad irregular deep green margins and a bright green center that quickly transitions to tangerine gold and slowly fade to ivory. The tall scapes of pale lavender bell like flowers raise up above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Perennial Height: 1. 5'

Orange Marmalade Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its attractive foliage with broad irregular deep green margins and a bright green center that quickly transitions to tangerine-gold and slowly fade to ivory.  The tall scapes of pale lavender bell-like flowers raise up above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators.  Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked.  Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed.  Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Painted Fern, Lungwort, Columbine  

IMAGES: Deb Nystrom, Hosta extravaganza, (2) Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Overshadowing the hostas, (3) Eljay, hostas

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.