Garden Goods Direct | Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’

Hosta Sum and Substance is a popular shade-loving plant that easily brings personality to a yard. Easily brighten up the shady areas of your yard with these leafy herbaceous perennials. The bright green leaf color, large heart-shaped foliage, and low-mounding form makes this plant ideal for a wide variety of landscape projects. Gentle lavender flowers grace the Sum and Substance Hosta in late summer, giving just another reason to love these hardy yard plants. The S&S Hosta performs best outdoors in a perennial garden when planted in part shade to full shade. It’s important to note that Hosta Sum and Substance can handle some bright, indirect light or morning sun, but the delightful foliage will burn in conditions of heavy full sun exposure. Hosta growing conditions are best in early spring so the plant can best adapt to its surroundings. The Sum and Substance plant will grow best in a moist, well-drained soil medium. Unlike other Hosta, Sum and Substance are very large, reaching heights of 2 to 3 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide. As a result, they make large, bold additions to any garden. Blooming in late August, these popular shade plants provide color and texture to a landscape. Most commonly, these plants are used in shade gardens as specimen plants. Hosta also look great when mass planted and used as fillers in planting beds and garden borders.