Hosta 'Halcyon'

Many years ago, the plantsman Eric Smith crossed a late-flowering Hosta sieboldiana with H. 'Tardiflora'. The offspring became a whole family of Tardiana hostas. The pinnacle of these is H. 'Halcyon', which has gone on to produce a large family of its own. Ruth holds the National Collection of Hostas (Halcyon and Sports) here in Sticklepath, but that's another story...

Eric named a number of his Tardianas after birds: Halcyon is the genus name for the kingfisher.

Medium Hosta

Smoky lilac flowers

Slug resilient