Hosta Essence of Summer Variegated Foliage Plants We've found it to be

We've found it to be an improved form of Salvia 'Shi Ho'

it is usually found near water

attractive

Hawaiians consider them part of their native flora

though is more likely to lean when grown in too much shade

Hosta Essence of Summer Variegated Foliage Plants We've found it to beHosta 'Essence of Summer' is a tetraploid version of Hosta 'Warwick Essence', which is a hybrid of Hosta sieboldiana 'Northern Halo' and Hosta plantaginea. The 20" tall x 3. 5' wide clump is composed of rounded blue green, slightly corrugated foliage. By the time the stalks of fragrant white flowers emerge in mid summer, the foliage wax has melted, and the foliage turned green.