Hosta Cool as a Cucumber: The Perfect Shade Perennial

The Hosta Cool as a Cucumber is a stunning addition to any shade garden. This live hosta plant, delivered in a 5.25″ pot, is a well-rooted perennial ready to thrive outdoors. Its vibrant green and white variegated foliage creates a cascading clump that adds texture and color to your landscape.

This Hosta variety features long, tapered leaves with bright green margins that jet towards the clear white center. Larger than its parent, the ‘Cool as a Cucumber’ hosta maintains an upright form in its youth before gracefully arching into a beautiful mound. In early summer, enjoy its light lavender flowers atop creamy white scapes.

Benefits: Hostas are incredibly versatile, offering subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad leaves that fill unique niches in garden designs. This plant provides excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage and thrives even in city environments, tolerating air pollution. Grown in a 5.25″ pot, this hosta boasts a robust root system, ensuring a bigger, healthier plant for your garden from day one. The plant is perfect for creating a relaxing, zen ambiance to your garden.

With a mature height of approximately 28 inches and a spread of 48 inches, the Hosta ‘Cool as a Cucumber’ makes a bold statement. Its adaptability to both partial and full shade, coupled with its preference for fertile, average soil, makes it a low-maintenance yet high-impact choice for gardeners of all levels. This perennial will reliably return year after year, providing lasting beauty and value.

We guarantee a true-to-type, healthy plant ready to flourish in your garden. Our shipping window is from April until November, with plants carefully prepared for transit to ensure they arrive in excellent condition. Please note that we do not ship to Hawaii or Alaska due to import restrictions.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How big will the Hosta ‘Cool as a Cucumber’ get? The plant reaches a height of about 28 inches and a spread of approximately 48 inches at maturity.
• What kind of sunlight does this hosta need? ‘Cool as a Cucumber’ thrives in partial to full shade.
• What type of soil is best for this hosta? It prefers fertile, average soil with a neutral pH.
• When is the best time to plant my Hosta? The ideal planting period is during the spring or fall.
• How often should I water my Hosta? Water moderately, keeping the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.