Paradigm Hosta is a large shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for its foliage.  The corrugated heart-shaped basal foliage has golden green centers and blue-green streaked margins.  The colors intensive in summer.  Small bell-like pale lavender to near white flowers raise up on scapes in mid summer attracting butterflies and pollinators.  Best color in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.  Paradigm has good resistance to slug damage.

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:  Columbine, Lungwort, Bleeding Heart

IMAGES: Hardyplants, Hosta paradigm mid spring, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Максим Улитин, Ostankinsky District, Moscow, Russia - panoramio (101), CC BY 3.0

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