Garden Goods Direct | Hosta Patriot

Hosta Patriot or Plantain Lily is a top choice for anyone looking to brighten a shady corner in their garden. Hosta Patriot is a medium hosta with a widespread, and it boasts wide, creamy-white margins on dark green heart-shaped leaves. This hosta plant prefers bright shade and humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil. These striking green leaves edged in white add beautiful contrast to a shade garden. Hostas are shade-loving plants that are native to woodland areas in Korea, Japan, China, and eastern Russia. They need even and consistent moisture for optimum growth, and they can tolerate only so much sun. There are tons of different hosta varieties that range in colors from yellows, blues, creams, and greens. A partially shaded area with sun dapples, or only sun in the early morning, is the best placement for your Hosta Patriot. Make sure to protect it from wind as well. In mid-summer, the scape of a Hosta Patriot plant blooms with many small, trumpet-shaped lavender flowers, creating another burst of light color in your shaded garden areas. Hosta Patriot will continue to bloom until late August. The leaves are the prize feature for Hosta Patriot, and deadheading the scape after the blooms are finished will encourage better growth for the leaves during the growing season. Hosta ‘Patriot’ is a sport of Hosta ‘Francee, ‘ but it features a much wider white edge on all of its leaves. The white is a creamier color on the younger hosta leaves in the spring, and the green is a slightly lighter leaf color than that of its brother variant, Hosta ‘Minuteman. ‘ It was voted Hosta of the Year in 1997 by the American Hosta Growers Association and is still considered a favorite shade perennial for gardeners all over. To encourage an even spread and prevent overcrowding, you should divide your Hosta Patriots in the early spring. This is the best time to spread your perennials before their main growing season. Your Hosta will tolerate clay soils, but soil with lots of drainage will he