Aucuba japonica Pacman Hosta purplish pink flowers (RHS 62B)

purplish pink flowers (RHS 62B)

medium lavender flowers

This easy-to-grow hosta makes a wonderful specimen with dark green

though it is normal for the foliage to become a bit raggedy by late summer and to even suffer from spider mites at this time

Aucuba japonica Pacman Hosta purplish pink flowers (RHS 62B)When visiting Virginia plantsman Paul James in 2001, he shared cuttings of several of his favorite seedling aucubas. One particular male cultivar struck our fancy with its small, contorted, glossy green leaves and extremely compact habit. After eighteen years of trials, it made a lovely 3. 5' tall x 7' wide mound in our garden, so we were pleased to introduce it in 2012 as Aucuba 'Pacman'. We are pleased to make a second offering and still feel this