Hosta

Hosta hybrids

The birth flower for April 22

Location: Aqua
Location: Nishiaidu
Location: Private house in Odawara
Location: Private house in Odawara
Location: Hanzomon
Location: Hanzomon
Location: Hakone
Location: Kojimachi
Location: Kojimachi
Location: Nishiaidu
Location: Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden
Location: Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden

Flower name
Hosta
Scientific name
Hosta hybrids
Aliasトウギボウシ, 擬宝珠, Hosta, plantain lily, giboshi, ウルイ
Place of originEast asia
Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Park, Potted flower, Streets, Planting
Flowering seasonMarch, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Language of flowersRestless

What is Hosta

Birth flowers for Apr 22

The birth flower for April 22 is Hosta
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry),Copilot(Illustration), Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken.

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Hosta, Illustration by Aqua.
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧 Hosta Water Drop Poem: “Light Dwelling in the Shadows”

by Aqua

In the shadows of rustling leaves,
a light breathes quietly.
Enveloped in stillness,
it gently illuminates your path.

Shizuku's Afterword
The hosta is a flower
that, though not flashy,
calms the heart of the beholder—like a “guardian of the shadows.”

In Praise of the Hosta by Shizuku
The hosta is a flower
that possesses “strength within stillness.”
Though it prefers the shade,
it has a presence that transforms its surroundings into a garden of cool breezes.

Hosta

Hosta, giboshi or plantain lilies (scientific name: Hosta Hybrids) is native to East Asia, and is a cold-resistant perennial plant of the family Asparagaceae.
It is a generic name of Hosta genus such as Koba Giboshi (Hosta sieboldii)and、Ooba Giboshi (Hosta montana) . In the early summer, a large number of white or purple flowers make bloom in the inflorescences stretched from the tip of the flower stalk.
The corolla has a funnel shape with a synthetic flower covered with six flower pieces, and resembles lily flowers.
The Japanese name is based on the fact that the flower bud resembles a traditional architectural decorative jewel.
There are a lot of flowers daytime. Some leaves are variegated and are used as foliage plants.
The atmosphere of leaves and flowers becomes a Japanese style garden. Young buds can be eaten with "Urui" of wild plants.

Common name: Hosta ,
Giboshi (scientific name: Hosta Hybrids),
Alias: giboshi, Hosta, Plantain lily, ului,
leaf color: green · yellow (variegated) · yellow green · white (variegated),
bilaterally symmetrical flower, inflorescence shape: rhinoceros, flower shape: funnel shape, Flower color: white · purple, a viewing period: March to October.

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