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The perennial garden plant Hosta Janet is a beautiful mounding plant with great color variegation. This plant is a fast growing medium sized Hosta plant that will fit into most gardens. Janet will quickly grow to a size of 15 inches high by 30 inches wide and has leaves that are 6 inches long by 4 inches wide.
The leaves of this plant emerge in the spring a chartreuse color with a very narrow dark green margin. As the season progresses the main color changes from chartreuse to white for a dramatic visual effect that is hard to beat.
The leaves of Hosta Janet are ovate and very lightly textured. The lack of leaf detail actually helps this plant to show off its coloration without the distractions of various foliage twists and turns.
This shade garden plant is a sport of Hosta Fortunei Hyacinthina and it shows with the simple leaf form. This plant isn't as shiny as other Fortunei Hostas.
The flowers of Janet bloom in July and continue until August. The blooms are light lavender and are flared. The flowers of almost all Hosta plants are insignificant and the plants are generally purchased for their foliage.
This is a popular and somewhat hard to find plant and should you decide to purchase it do so in early spring before it is sold out.
This Hosta variety needs to be planted in fairly deep shade. It does not like the sunlight and should be protected from as much as possible. Dappled or indirect sunlight will not hurt it but strong direct summer sun is just asking for leaf burn to occur.
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