Go Back First Frost

Posted: May 7, 2019 at 4:18 PM in Hosta of the Year
Hosta 'First Frost'
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Plant Type: Hostas

This Patricia Scolnik discovery adds a nice creamy-yellow margin to the attractive blue leaves of the parent. The result is a wide clump of attractive blue leaves with a border of creamy yellow that ages to white by the season’s end. The clumps are topped with tall scapes of light lavender in mid-summer. A sport of the classic blue Hosta ‘Halcyon’. Beautiful powder blue leaves edged with creamy white margins. Grows well all season and requires very little attention. Thick durable leaves are slug resistant and this hosta continues to look great all the way through autumn’s first frost.

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Flower Color

Lavender shades

Foliage Color

Variegated

Plant Spread

36"

Good Companions

Other hosta and shade loving plants

Plant Height

16"

Scape Height

28"

Hardness Zone

3-9

Soil Moisture

Moist, rich, organic

Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

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Bloom Time

Mid-summer

Critter Resistance

Rabbits

Exposure

Part to full shade

Growth Rate

Medium

Seasonal Interests

Spring and summer