Description
Hosta Autumn Frost
Hosta Autumn Frost is a stunning award-winning hosta prized for its exceptional foliage colour and reliable garden performance. Forming a neat mound of thick, heavily textured blue-green leaves, each leaf is surrounded by a vibrant golden-yellow margin that gradually matures to creamy white. This striking contrast provides season-long interest and brightens shaded areas of the garden.
A sport of the popular Hosta First Frost, this outstanding variety combines attractive foliage with excellent vigour and good slug resistance. During summer, elegant stems rise above the foliage carrying attractive lavender flowers that add further seasonal interest and attract pollinators to the garden.
Plants leaves are cut back from August and will reappear late Spring.
Why Grow Hosta Autumn Frost?
- Blue-green foliage with bright golden-yellow margins
- Leaf margins mature to creamy white during the season
- Beautiful lavender flowers in summer
- Excellent slug resistance due to thick leaves
- Perfect for shaded borders and woodland gardens
- Ideal for patio containers and mixed plantings
- Hardy, reliable and easy to grow
Growing Conditions and Care
Plant in partial shade or full shade in fertile, moist but well-drained soil. The foliage colour develops best when protected from strong afternoon sun. Regular watering during dry periods will help maintain healthy growth and vibrant leaf colour. Once established, this dependable perennial forms an attractive clump that improves year after year.
Perfect Companion Plants
The striking variegated foliage combines beautifully with Hosta Blue Angel for contrasting blue tones or Hosta El Nino for a beautiful display of complementary variegation. It also pairs wonderfully with ferns, heucheras and astilbes in woodland-style planting schemes.
Ideal Garden Uses
Hosta Autumn Frost is ideal for shaded borders, woodland gardens, underplanting shrubs, cottage gardens and patio containers. Its colourful foliage provides season-long interest and texture, making it an excellent focal point in shade gardens and mixed perennial displays.
Related Plants and Further Information
Browse our full collection of Hosta Plants to discover more varieties suitable for shaded borders, woodland gardens and containers.
For expert cultivation advice, pest control information and hosta growing tips, visit the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society, the UK’s specialist society dedicated to the study and cultivation of hostas and daylilies.
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