What's a Blue Mouse Ear and why do you want one?

Witten by Su Bennett

When I saw this miniature hosta, I knew it was meant for the fairy garden that I was creating out under the trees in our back yard. Even the name ’Blue Mouse Ears’ sounds like it belongs in a section of your garden especially reserved for tiny delights. This hosta grows in a neat symmetrical clump of textured heart-shaped leaves, with a gentle curl at the edges. In midsummer the soft blue-green foliage is topped by lavender blooms on short stalks. It is a tough resilient plant with leaves that discourage nibbling pests. As a bonus, it is also slug-resistant!

Breeders, Emile & Jane Deckert registered this hosta in 2002. The name came to Emile when he noticed the shape of the unfurling new leaves in the spring and in 2008 it was named the Hosta of the Year!

SPECS:

Thrives in Zones 3-8

Soil Needs: well-drained, rich soil

Water Needs: even moisture, regular

Sun Exposure: part sun, light/bright shade, part shade, shade

Special Situation: pollution tolerant

Size: Height approx. 6" Width 12"

Please join us on Saturday morning May 21 in the parking lot at the Town Hall for our annual Windham Garden Club Plant Sale.

We usually have 2000 to 2500 plants including many Blue Mouse Ears Hostas, so you should be able to find some plants to add to your garden! A small list of just some of the plant we’ll have are listed below, come early for the best selection!

AQUILEGIA 'Blue Bird' - Songbird Series

ASTER KICKIN® 'Carmine Red'

ASTILBE 'Fanal' (red)

BRUNNERA m. 'Jack Frost' PP13859 CPBR1799

CAMPANULA p. Takion Series - Blue

CLEMATIS r. SERIOUS BLACK™

COREOPSIS 'Red Elf' PPAF - LI'L BANG™ Series

DICENTRA spectabilis

ECHINACEA 'Julia' PP24629

GAILLARDIA a. 'Arizona Apricot'

GERANIUM s. 'New Hampshire Purple'

HEUCHERA DOLCE® BRAZEN RAISIN™

HOSTA 'Blue Mouse Ears'

INCARVILLEA delavayi

LEUCANTHEMUM s. AMAZING DAISIES™

LYCHNIS a. 'Orange Gnome'

MONARDA 'Leading Lady Lilac' PPAF CPBRAF

PAEONIA 'Victoire de la Marne' (dbl red)

PAPAVER o. 'Beauty of Livermore'

PHLOX p. 'Glamour Girl' PP25778 (coral pink)

PHLOX p. 'Shockwave' PP23265 CPBR4949 (Pink)

SALVIA n. COLOR SPIRES® 'Violet Riot' PP26273

SEMPERVIVUM 'Red Beauty