Hosta Lonesome Dove PP 17294 Europe Musa 'Orinoco' amazes visitors with

Musa 'Orinoco' amazes visitors with its nice fruit clusters in our Zone 7b garden

and growth slows dramatically when planted in dense shade

which is in turn surrounded by random white threadlike streaks

We first spotted this cutie at the late Harlan Hamernik's Bluebird Nursery and was amazed

nearly flat clump

Hosta Lonesome Dove PP 17294 Europe Musa 'Orinoco' amazes visitors withThis Hosta 'Blue Moon' hybrid from Minnesota's Hans Hansen is a very slow grower with small, cupped, blue leaves, highlighted by creamy white centers. For the first couple of years, the plant shows more white than blue, but this changes with age as the blue edge widens to 1 2". When H. 'Lonesome Dove' matures, it makes a stunning 17" tall x 32" wide clump, topped in late spring with short spikes of light lavender flowers.