Fire And Ice Plantain Lily
Hosta x 'Fire and Ice'
This variegated hosta has slightly twisted foliage with a white center and green margins. Perfect for edging the shade garden. Lavender blooms with white scapes throughout the summer. Herbaceous perennial.
| Key feature: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| 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: | Fast growing to 14 to 16 in. tall, spreads to 12 to 32 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 1749 |
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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
Exceptional hosta for massing beneath the canopy of shade trees. Perfect for fleshing out foundation beds under low windows. Popular candidate for sideyards and smaller urban plots suffering from over-influence by multistory buildings. A real standout in large pots.
Companion Plants
Group this beauty with other vivid shade garden plants such as Stop Light Foamy Bells, (x Heucherella 'Stop Light'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart, (Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'), Evergreen Solomon's Seal, (Disporopsis pernyi) and Blue Bird Columbine, (Aqueligia 'Blue Bird').
History
The genus Hostacontains over forty different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea, from which most ofour modern hybrids descend reached Europe in the 1780s. It was first introducced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Much breeding has produced a huge range of platns with a variety of qualities. This cultivar is a sport of Hosta 'Patriot'.
Lore
Hosta is the grown up cousin to the plantain weed, which came to America with colonials. It naturalized so easily that Native American's claimed it sprang up wherever the white man walked.
This variegated hosta has slightly twisted foliage with a white center and green margins. Perfect for edging the shade garden. Lavender blooms with white scapes throughout the summer. Herbaceous perennial.
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
Exceptional hosta for massing beneath the canopy of shade trees. Perfect for fleshing out foundation beds under low windows. Popular candidate for sideyards and smaller urban plots suffering from over-influence by multistory buildings. A real standout in large pots.
Companion Plants
Group this beauty with other vivid shade garden plants such as Stop Light Foamy Bells, (x Heucherella 'Stop Light'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart, (Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'), Evergreen Solomon's Seal, (Disporopsis pernyi) and Blue Bird Columbine, (Aqueligia 'Blue Bird').
History
The genus Hostacontains over forty different species mostly native to China and Japan. H. plantaginea, from which most ofour modern hybrids descend reached Europe in the 1780s. It was first introducced from China by French botanist, Lamarck. Much breeding has produced a huge range of platns with a variety of qualities. This cultivar is a sport of Hosta 'Patriot'.
Lore
Hosta is the grown up cousin to the plantain weed, which came to America with colonials. It naturalized so easily that Native American's claimed it sprang up wherever the white man walked.
| Key feature: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| 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: | Fast growing to 14 to 16 in. tall, spreads to 12 to 32 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 1749 |
