Pandora’s Box has rounded leaves with deep blue green margins and white centers. One of the miniature hostas, it is suitable as an edger or in a rock garden but really shines in a container where it can be viewed close up.

Hostas are shade tolerant, easy-to-grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat habit. Hostas are actively hybridized for leaf size, shape, color and texture; natural mutations or “sports” are common; new introductions abound. Cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full size. They all prefer moist, loamy soil enriched with organic matter. Some leaf damage by slugs is to be expected. Deer find hosta delicious.