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Autumn Frost Hosta

Height: 12 inches (18 inches in bloom)
Spread: 24 inches
Sunlight: Partial shade / Full shade
Hardiness Zone: 2a
Other Names: Plantain Lily, Funkia
Group/Class: Shadowland Collection
Brand: Proven Winners

Autumn Frost Hosta offers a brilliant combination of powdery blue foliage with bright yellow margins that soften to creamy white as the season progresses. This compact perennial adds striking contrast and refined texture to shade gardens, with lavender flower spikes appearing in mid-summer.

Ornamental Features

Autumn Frost Hosta forms neat mounds of oval, textured leaves with cool-toned blue centers and golden-yellow edges that mature to ivory. Mid-summer brings upright lavender flower spikes that rise just above the foliage, adding vertical interest and subtle color.

Landscape Attributes

This dense herbaceous perennial has a compact, mounding habit with medium texture, ideal for softening shaded borders. It blends easily with other shade-loving perennials and groundcovers. Autumn Frost Hosta is relatively low maintenance and should be cleaned up in early spring before new growth emerges. While largely pest-free, gardeners should monitor for insect activity, particularly slugs.

Recommended Applications

- Mass plantings
- Border edging
- General garden use
- Groundcover
- Shaded containers

Planting & Growing

Autumn Frost Hosta grows to about 12 inches tall and up to 18 inches tall in bloom, spreading to 24 inches wide. Space plants approximately 20 inches apart when mass planting. It grows at a medium rate and under ideal conditions can live for around 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, it dies back to the crown in winter and regrows each spring - avoid disturbing the crown during dormancy.

This hosta performs best in partial to full shade and prefers consistently moist, well-drained soil. It tolerates a range of soil types and pH levels and shows good resistance to urban stressors. For best performance, mulch around the root zone and water regularly during dry spells. This variety is an interspecific hybrid and may be subject to propagation restrictions.