Hosta 'Francee' ~ Francee Hosta

Hosta 'Francee' ~ Francee HostaFrancee Hosta is a shade loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage. The glossy heart shaped basal leaves are deep green with wide a creamy white margin and deep veins. The bell like pale lavender flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid summer attracting butterflies and pollinators. Best bloom in partial sun and moist well drained soils. To learn more about the Francee Hosta read this blog post. Type:

Francee Hosta is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial primarily grown for their foliage.  The glossy heart shaped basal leaves are deep green with wide a creamy-white margin and deep veins.  The bell-like pale lavender flowers raise up in terminals from the rootstalk above the mound in mid-summer attracting butterflies and pollinators.  Best bloom in partial sun and moist well-drained soils. 

To learn more about the Francee Hosta read this blog post.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Snails and slugs can cause severe problems if left unchecked.  Foliar nematodes can cause interveinal browning. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX), tobacco rattle virus or tomato ring spot virus should be immediately removed from garden areas and destroyed.  Otherwise, little to no problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Painted Fern, Lungwort, Columbine  

IMAGES: I, Terren Peterson, Francee Hosta, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta fortunei Francee 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Hosta Francee 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.