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Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd: deeply cupped, puckered blue-green leaves (photo: Paul Henjum, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd – 2 Plants

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Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd: deeply cupped, puckered blue-green leaves (photo: Paul Henjum, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
  • Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd: deeply cupped, puckered blue-green leaves (photo: Paul Henjum, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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  • Hosta key features: great for shade, ideal for pots, comes back every year, low maintenance, fully hardy; plant calendar
  • Hosta planting guide: partial to full shade, moist fertile soil, depth 5-8 cm, spacing 30-50 cm
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  • Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd: deeply cupped, puckered blue-green leaves (photo: Paul Henjum, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
  • Hosta bare-root plants from Holland, 2 bare-root plants per package
  • Large XXL hosta bare roots, high-quality plants from Dutch growers
  • Hosta key features: great for shade, ideal for pots, comes back every year, low maintenance, fully hardy; plant calendar
  • Hosta planting guide: partial to full shade, moist fertile soil, depth 5-8 cm, spacing 30-50 cm
  • Hosta bare root held in a hand above the soil
  • Hosta roots in a bag and a Funckia box, as they are delivered
  • Hostas in a shade garden
Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd – 2 Plants
Hosta of the Year 2014

Hosta Abiqua Drinking Gourd – 2 Plants

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Based on 75 cm between plants. For a faster ground cover, plant a little closer: see hostas as ground cover.

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Abiqua Drinking Gourd is a medium to large hosta with thick, puckered blue leaves. Like all blue hostas, it owes its colour to a fine waxy coating on the leaves.

Voted Hosta of the Year 2014 by American hosta growers. A generous plant that fills a shady border and also does well in a large pot. Combine it with ferns, astilbes or other hostas.

At a glance

  • Leaf colour: blue
  • Size: medium to large
  • Light: shade to partial shade – the blue colour is strongest in shade
  • Good for: borders and large pots
  • Features: thick, puckered leaves
  • Award: Hosta of the Year 2014
  • Pack: 2 plants, from the Netherlands
  • Shipping: 1 March to 1 July; order all year round

Planting and care

  • Plant in shade or partial shade to keep the blue colour as long as possible.
  • Use humus-rich soil that stays moist but drains well, and space the plants 50–75 cm apart.
  • Protect the young shoots from slugs and snails in spring, and water well in dry periods.

More tips in our planting and care guide.

Every pack comes with our 100% growing guarantee. Free delivery from €75 to 17 countries, including the Netherlands.
Specs & details
Leaf colourBlue
SizeLarge to medium
LightShade to partial shade
Suitable forBorders, large pots
FeaturesPuckered leaves
AwardHosta of the Year
HardinessFully hardy · USDA zones 3–9
FlowersSummer · visited by bees
Pack2 plants
OriginNetherlands
Shipping1 March – 1 July
Guarantee100% growing guarantee
How to plant?
  1. Choose a spot in shade or partial shade.
  2. Dig a hole about twice as wide as the roots and mix in some compost.
  3. Place the plant so that the crown, where the shoots start, is level with the soil surface.
  4. Fill the hole, press the soil gently and water well.
  5. Keep the soil moist, especially in the first year.
  6. Protect the young shoots from slugs and snails in spring.

More tips in our planting and care guide and our guide to bare-root hostas.
Shipping rates

Shipping depends on your country and order value, and is free from €75 to 17 countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France. We deliver to all 27 EU countries and Switzerland.

We ship from 1 March to 1 July. Orders placed between 1 July and 1 March are shipped from 1 March. See all shipping costs.
Our guarantee

Quality guarantee: if the plants do not meet our quality standards.

Variety guarantee: if the plant turns out to be a different variety than the one you ordered.

Growth guarantee: if you followed our planting and care instructions, but the plant did not grow.

In each case we replace the plant or refund you. Funckia.com is a brand of Dutch-Bulbs B.V. from Voorhout, the Netherlands.

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