Name: Hosta 'Best Friend' | Intense Blue-Green Small Hosta Don Dean
Brand: Hosta Choice Gardens | Canada
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Hosta 'Best Friend' | Intense Blue-Green Small Hosta Don Dean

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Description

A Steadfast Blue Companion for the Canadian Shade Garden

Don Dean registered Hosta 'Best Friend' in 2020 from a cross of H. 'Astral Bliss' and H. 'Purple Verticulated Elf'. The ovate leaves are thick and durable with a matte, heavily waxed finish that holds an intense blue-green colour well into midsummer. Eight deeply impressed veins and slightly wavy margins give each leaf a quiet architectural confidence. It grows reliably across Canadian hardiness zones 3–9 and makes an ideal front-of-border anchor in partial to full shade.

Intense and Enduring Blue-Green Colour: Heavy wax coating maintains the rich blue-green sapphire tone well past midsummer, long after other varieties have faded to ordinary green.
Exceptional Leaf Substance: Thick, durable, matte-finished foliage provides outstanding natural resistance to slug damage and holds its form through wind and rain all season.
Eight-Veined Architectural Form: Deeply impressed veins create a bold, structured surface that adds quiet texture and definition to the front of a shaded border.
Subtle Wavy Margins: Slightly rippled leaf edges add a touch of movement and personality to the otherwise stoic, compact mound.
Translucent Pale Lavender Blooms: Bell-shaped pale lavender flowers with uniquely see-through margins rise on 30 cm green scapes in midsummer, adding a delicate accent above the bold foliage.

Feature	Specification
Size (H × W)	22 cm × 56 cm (8.5" × 22")
Hardiness Zone	3–9
Colour	Intense blue-green
Light Requirements	Partial to full shade

Grower's Tip: 'Best Friend' handles Canadian winters with ease from Zone 3 through 9, and the heavy wax coating that gives it that intense blue tone develops best in dappled shade. At our nursery in Bécancour, QC, we watch for the first ovate leaves to emerge each spring, confirming the wax levels and blue-green pigmentation are fully expressed before every plant ships. Our True to Type standard means you receive the authentic Hosta 'Best Friend', verified before it leaves Bécancour.

Description

A Steadfast Blue Companion for the Canadian Shade Garden

Don Dean registered Hosta 'Best Friend' in 2020 from a cross of H. 'Astral Bliss' and H. 'Purple Verticulated Elf'. The ovate leaves are thick and durable with a matte, heavily waxed finish that holds an intense blue-green colour well into midsummer. Eight deeply impressed veins and slightly wavy margins give each leaf a quiet architectural confidence. It grows reliably across Canadian hardiness zones 3–9 and makes an ideal front-of-border anchor in partial to full shade.

Intense and Enduring Blue-Green Colour: Heavy wax coating maintains the rich blue-green sapphire tone well past midsummer, long after other varieties have faded to ordinary green.
Exceptional Leaf Substance: Thick, durable, matte-finished foliage provides outstanding natural resistance to slug damage and holds its form through wind and rain all season.
Eight-Veined Architectural Form: Deeply impressed veins create a bold, structured surface that adds quiet texture and definition to the front of a shaded border.
Subtle Wavy Margins: Slightly rippled leaf edges add a touch of movement and personality to the otherwise stoic, compact mound.
Translucent Pale Lavender Blooms: Bell-shaped pale lavender flowers with uniquely see-through margins rise on 30 cm green scapes in midsummer, adding a delicate accent above the bold foliage.

Feature	Specification
Size (H × W)	22 cm × 56 cm (8.5" × 22")
Hardiness Zone	3–9
Colour	Intense blue-green
Light Requirements	Partial to full shade

Grower's Tip: 'Best Friend' handles Canadian winters with ease from Zone 3 through 9, and the heavy wax coating that gives it that intense blue tone develops best in dappled shade. At our nursery in Bécancour, QC, we watch for the first ovate leaves to emerge each spring, confirming the wax levels and blue-green pigmentation are fully expressed before every plant ships. Our True to Type standard means you receive the authentic Hosta 'Best Friend', verified before it leaves Bécancour.

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