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 This cultivar was
originated by
Susan Lichacz and registered by
Walters Gardens,
Inc. of Michigan in 2009 and granted a U.S. patent in 2011. It is a
tissue culture sport of
H. 'First Frost' which grows to a height of about 20 inches with
a width of 28 inches. The leaves have a glaucous bloom on both
the top and bottom. They are flat, broadly ovate with a cordate
base. The flowers are tubular and bloom from mid-July into
August.
The patent
application lists the following as similar
cultivars: "Hosta 'Autumn
Frost' has a wide margin that begins the season yellow and
develops into a creamy-yellow to cream.
Hosta 'El Nino' has a creamy to white-colored margin and is
narrower than 'Autumn
Frost'. 'Blue Ivory' and 'Great
Escape' have wide margins but
the color of the margin starts off white to
greenish-white then develops into a cream to white and
occasionally in high temperatures becomes misted with
green. All of the above have similar flower color."
This plant is part of the
SHADOWLAND
group of hostas from Walters Gardens, Inc. It was
also named the Proven Winners ®
Hosta of the Year for 2019.
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 An article by
Warren I. Pollack in
The
Hosta Journal (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled
Doppelgänger Hostas:
Fancy Name for Look-alike Hostas, included a long list of hostas which various
hostaphiles, published articles or other
sources have indicated "look" the same. Some
of these are, in fact, the same plant with
two or more different names. Others are
hostas that vary in some minor trait which
is not immediately discernable to the casual
observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren
mentions, hostaphiles may differ as to the
plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations and
interpretations. |
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 H.
'Autumn
Frost', H. 'Ben
Vernooij' and
H. 'Permafrost'. |
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United States Patent: PP23224
(2011)
