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Forbidden Fruit Hosta

Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit'

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Forbidden Fruit Hosta (Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit') at Vandermeer Nursery

Forbidden Fruit Hosta foliage

Forbidden Fruit Hosta foliage

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Plant Height:  18 inches

Flower Height:  24 inches

Spacing:  24 inches

Sunlight:  partial shade  full shade 

Hardiness Zone:  3a

Other Names:  Plantain Lily, Funkia

Description:

An attractive creamy yellow leaf center with a hint of orange, and wide, irregular blue-green margins; leaves are well rounded with good substance; presents spikes of lavender flowers in mid-summer

Ornamental Features

Forbidden Fruit Hosta features showy spikes of lavender tubular flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive heart-shaped leaves emerge chartreuse in spring, turning yellow in colour with distinctive bluish-green edges and tinges of orange throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Forbidden Fruit Hosta is an herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Insects

Forbidden Fruit Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover

Planting & Growing

Forbidden Fruit Hosta will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 30 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Groundcover 
Applications
Flowers  Foliage Color  Plant Form 
Ornamental Features

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