Hosta ‘Fire And Ice’

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The leaves of Hosta ‘Fire and Ice’ have a heavy substance and a slight twist that creates a sense of movement and draws your eye to their pure white centers and dark green edging. This is a striking, reverse sport of the widely admired ‘Patriot’ (Hosta of the Year in 1997). In midsummer, lavender flowers appear on 20″ scapes. A midsize Hosta that’s showy as a specimen or bedded out in groups.

This genus of shade lovers has 70 species, all of them from China and Japan, and hybridizers have produced hundreds of exciting crosses. Hostas have many handsome leaf colorations and lavender or white Lily-like flowers on graceful stalks. Plants prefer a moist location, but we’ve had a mass planting thrive for more than 30 years under a row of Sugar Maples. (In the South and West, evenly moist soil is required.) Because Hostas are grown primarily for their foliage, we give the height of the leaves, not the flowers.

For more information on the growing and care of Hosta, click Growing Guide.