Hosta Sorbet

Common Name:
Hosta 'Sorbet'

Description:
Hosta 'Sorbet' is a beautifully balanced, small to medium-sized hosta variety prized for its refined, variegated foliage and compact form. The leaves are heart-shaped with creamy-white centres and rich green margins, creating a clean, crisp contrast that holds its colour well through the growing season. The leaf surface is slightly glossy and lightly corrugated, adding texture and depth to shaded planting schemes. Ideal for Melbourne gardens, 'Sorbet' flourishes in part to full shade, thriving in rich, consistently moist, well-drained soils. In mid-summer, tall scapes emerge bearing soft lavender flowers that add a delicate vertical accent and attract bees. This cultivar’s tidy growth habit and decorative foliage make it an excellent choice for edging, shaded rockeries, courtyard pots, or understorey plantings beneath trees and shrubs.

Form:
*Shrub - Small
*Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
*Ground Cover

Mature Size:
*Height: 25–30 cm
*Width: 40–50 cm

Aspect:
*Part Shade
*Full Shade

Flowering:
*Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
*Lavender

Key Attributes:
*Suitable for Pots
*Bee Attracting
*Herbaceous
*Perennial
*Shade Tolerant
*Variegated Foliage
*Suitable for Edging and Underplanting

Toxicity:
Toxic to cats and dogs if ingested. Can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, and depression.

Companion Plants:
*Heuchera
*Tiarella
*Pulmonaria
*Brunnera
*Miniature Ferns