Hosta ‘Lemon Frost’
Blooming Time
Exposure
‘Lemon Frost’ is a beautiful lemon-yellow, cream-edged pocket Hosta with rippled leaf edges. It is tidy, colorful and an excellent plant for edging shady pathways and borders and can even act as a small to medium scale ground cover. Lemon Frost’ bears lavender flowers during mid-summer.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Violet to Purple
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
12"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
Lemon-yellow, cream edged pocket Hosta with rippled leaf edges, bearing lavender flowers.
Landscape Value
Tidy and colorful, and excellent plant for edging shady pathways and borders.
Care
Watering:
'Lemon Frost' Pocket Hosta is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
'Lemon Frost' Pocket Hosta is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Lemon Frost' Pocket Hosta is a deciduous plant (nonevergreen) and does not require pruning. It is perfectly acceptable to allow the dropped leaves to decompose and nourish the soil.