Bletilla Weavers Pink Alpinia FYI: Bob Olson of Minnesota

FYI: Bob Olson of Minnesota is the past president of the American Hosta Society

Average to slightly moist

I always like unique hostas

topped in early summer with 2' tall scapes of light lavender flowers that attract hummingbirds

Bletilla Weavers Pink Alpinia FYI: Bob Olson of MinnesotaBletilla 'Weaver's Pink', a plant we received years ago from We Du Nursery co founder, Dick Weaver, has performed exceptionally in our trials. According to Dick, it is a seedling of Bletilla ochracea, which he received years earlier from China. We think it's more likely a hybrid of Bletilla striata x ochracea, but regardless, it's great, so we are introducing and naming it after Dick. The vigorous and incredibly floriferous clumps are topped with 40"