Patriot Plantain Lily
Hosta x 'Patriot'
Superb, compact selection with more heat tolerance than other popular varieties. This offspring of 'Francee' features bold, dark green foliage displaying a gleaming white, 1-inch edge to the leaves. Great for brightening a shady border.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 14 in. tall, spreading wider. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4188 |
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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.
Design Ideas
Where Hosta can't stand the heat, try Patriot in shade gardens. This is one of the few that works well in shaded tropical or exotic gardens. Its small scale is perfect for pockets in city gardens or courtyards, where every inch is premium. Particularly valuable to add brightness in Fern dells under trees and shade structures. Ideal as leafy accents where splash from non-chlorinated fountains and water gardens keep soils evenly moist.
History
This selection is an offspring of the popular variety, 'Francee'. This genus contains over 40 different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea reached Europe in the 1780s, the species from which most modern hybrids descend. The blue color of this cultivar points to blood of H glauca and H. ventricosa, which originates from an oenormous range spanning Japan, China and Siberica. Due to the staggering number of existing hybrids that have been crossed and recrossed, plus the advances in tissue culture, ancestry of this and most modern hybrids is murky at best.
Lore
Patriot' won the American Hosta Growers prestigious award for hosta of the year in 1997.
Superb, compact selection with more heat tolerance than other popular varieties. This offspring of 'Francee' features bold, dark green foliage displaying a gleaming white, 1-inch edge to the leaves. Great for brightening a shady border.
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.
Design Ideas
Where Hosta can't stand the heat, try Patriot in shade gardens. This is one of the few that works well in shaded tropical or exotic gardens. Its small scale is perfect for pockets in city gardens or courtyards, where every inch is premium. Particularly valuable to add brightness in Fern dells under trees and shade structures. Ideal as leafy accents where splash from non-chlorinated fountains and water gardens keep soils evenly moist.
History
This selection is an offspring of the popular variety, 'Francee'. This genus contains over 40 different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea reached Europe in the 1780s, the species from which most modern hybrids descend. The blue color of this cultivar points to blood of H glauca and H. ventricosa, which originates from an oenormous range spanning Japan, China and Siberica. Due to the staggering number of existing hybrids that have been crossed and recrossed, plus the advances in tissue culture, ancestry of this and most modern hybrids is murky at best.
Lore
Patriot' won the American Hosta Growers prestigious award for hosta of the year in 1997.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | HOS-tuh HIB-rid |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 14 in. tall, spreading wider. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4188 |
