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Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' (Large Plant) - 2 Hosta Plants In 2 Litre Pots

True to the plants name, the heart&45;shaped leaves of Hosta Fragrant Blue are joined by sweet&45;smelling, mauve flowers in July and August. Best grown in moist, shady borders, this hardy perennial continues to produce its blue&45;green foliage throughout the season, covering soil densely and with ease. Alternatively, the plantain lily can be grown less prolifically in containers, or even around the edge of a pond. Height: 50cm &40;18&34;&41;; Spread: 1m &40;33&34;&41;.Culinary information: The best part to use is the hoston, the rolled up leaf as it emerges in the spring. Cooking depends on the size of the hostons, small ones can be fried for a few minutes, going well in stir fries. Thicker ones are better boiled and used as a vegetable. For more details about edible flowers
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True to the plants name, the heart&45;shaped leaves of Hosta Fragrant Blue are joined by sweet&45;smelling, mauve flowers in July & August. Best grown in moist, shady borders, this hardy perennial continues to produce its blue&45;green foliage throughout the season, covering soil densely & with ease. Alternatively, the plantain lily can be grown less prolifically in containers, or even around the edge of a pond.

Height: 50cm &40;18&34;&41;; Spread: 1m &40;33&34;&41;. Culinary information: The best part to use is the hoston, the rolled up leaf as it emerges in the spring. Cooking depends on the size of the hostons, small ones can be fried for a few minutes, going well in stir fries. Thicker ones are better boiled & used as a vegetable. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Litre - A unit of volume equivilent to 1000 Mililitres

August - The third season of the year after summer, before winter.

Blue - A primary colour

Pond - An area of water within a park or gardens

Vegetable - An edible plant

Fragrant - Used to describle something that has a smell, usually pleasant but also used for unpleasant smells

edge - Enhanced data rates for GSM evolution also known as enhanced GPRS. A mobile phone technology with improved data transmission rates.

edge - The point at which two surfaces meet

Size - is the measurement of how big an object is in space.

Heart - An organ that pumps blood around the body. Usually related to love.

Large - something that takes up more space than normal.

Small - something that takes up less space than normal.

Season - The separation of four parts of the year into Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.

Borders - A line that sometimes can be built up separating off an area, e.g. countries "the welsh boarder"

perennial - A plant that lives for more than two years. Tending to bloom during spring and summer to die back to root over winter.

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