Sagae hosta

Hosta fluctuans

  • Sagae hosta
  • Sagae hosta
  • Flower name
    Sagae hosta
  • Scientific name
    Hosta fluctuans
  • Aliasギボウシ'サガエ', Hosta fluctuans, 寒河江擬宝珠
  • Place of originJapanese horticultural
  • Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Park, Ornamental plants
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Sagae hosta

Sagae Hosta (scientific name: Hosta fluctuans 'Sagae') is a Japanese horticultural winter deciduous perennial in the family Asparagaceae. It is ahosta with yellow-covered leaf edges that was found in a house in Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture in the Taisho era (1912-1926). It is a medium to large-sized variety of the Japanese knotweed that is popular worldwide as an ornamental plant.

Common name: Sagae Hosta, Scientific name: Hosta fluctuans, aka: Sagae gibboushi , Hosta fluctuans 'Sagae', Origin: Japanese garden variety, Plant height: 90-100 cm, Leaf color: Green with yellow covered leaf margins, Leaf length: 30 cm, Leaf width: 20 cm Leaf margin: wavy; flowers symmetrical on both sides; inflorescence form: raceme; flower shape: funnel-shaped; flower color: light purple; flowering season: July-August; foliage viewing season: March-October.


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Asparagaceae
  • Genus
    Hosta
  • Species
    H. fluctuans 'Sagae'
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Funnel/trumpet shaped
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Wavy
  • Life typewinter deciduous perennial
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height90.0 ~ 100.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 5.0 cm

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