Hosta Summer Lovin Sabal 'Thunderbolt'

'Thunderbolt'

The only maintenance needed for Italian arum is to remove the seed heads in spring once they turn red

The 15" tall stalks of bright reddish-purple flowers top the clump in late winter

each edged with a narrow white band from the leaf tip to the base

Hosta Summer Lovin Sabal 'Thunderbolt'This sport of Hosta 'Summer Breeze' (which was a sport of Hosta 'Summer Music') was discovered by Illinois's Mark Zilis. Hosta 'Summer Lovin' makes a dazzling 22" tall x 50" wide clump of corrugated dark green leaves (darker than its parent) surrounded by a wide golden border. For us, Hosta 'Summer Lovin' has shown exceptional garden vigor in our trials. To the delight of hummingbirds in early summer, the clumps are topped with 30" tall scapes of