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Dramatically textured golden yellow foliage retains color even in shade! Handsome, pale lavender flowers displayed on 18-inch stalks. This popular perennial is terrific in containers. Herbaceous perennial. Partial to full shade. Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, clumps to 2 ft. wide. Tissue culture.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Partial to full shade

Watering Needs: Needs wet or constantly moist soil.

Pruning Time: No Value

Growth Rate: Moderate Growing

Growth Habit: Clumping

Design Information

Companion Plants

FRANCEE PLANTAIN LILY
Hosta x 'Francee'

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Companion Plants (Description): Combine with different Hosta to create a sea of foliage variations. Consider Halcyon Plantain Lily (Hosta x `Halcyon`) for blue leaves, Royal Standard Plantain Lily (Hosta x `Royal Standard`) for a rich green and Francee Plantain Lily (Hosta x `Francee`) for a creamy variegation.

Design Styles: This is a great mound of gorgeous yellow-variegated leaves that turn the darkest corner into a fountain of light. Use as scattered relief amidst darker Hosta or other evergreen ground cover. Its coloring is a great accent between flowering shrubs or among Ferns.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.

Background Information

History: The genus Hosta contains over 40 species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea is the ancestor of most modern hybrids, introduced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. This plant was a seedling of H. x 'Golden Waffles' developed by Aden in 1976.

Botanical Pronunciation: HOS-tuh HIB-rid

Catalog Description: Dramatically textured golden yellow foliage retains color even in shade! Handsome, pale lavender flowers displayed on 18-inch stalks. This popular perennial is terrific in containers. Herbaceous perennial. Partial to full shade. Moderate growing 1 ft. tall, clumps to 2 ft. wide. Tissue culture.