Name: Hosta 'First Frost'
Brand: Suttons
SKU: MH13929
Price: 14.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Hosta 'First Frost'

FROM £14.99

Thick blue foliage with yellow margins
Hosta of the year 2010
Spikes of lavender flowers

1 x 9cm Potted Plant

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Hosta ‘First Frost’ is an award-winning variety, combining strong garden performance with dramatic two-tone foliage. It forms mounds of thick blue-green leaves with contrasting yellow margins. The colour of the leaves deepens as summer progresses whilst the margins become whiter. Tubular, lavender flowers are carried on blue stems from mid to late summer. Its robust foliage stands up beautifully until the first frosts, hence its name, and the thick leaves are also reported to be less attractive to slugs. Hosta ‘First Frost’ has been recognised with an RHS Award of Garden Merit and was voted 2010 Hosta of the Year by the American Hosta Growers Association.

Hostas are one of the best foliage plants for light shade. Mass them together in borders for a spectacular display or plant them into patio containers as individual specimens. These resilient, easy-grow, hardy perennials will reward you with fresh colourful foliage each spring, lasting right through to autumn. Height: 45cm (18in). Spread: 90cm (35in).

Growing Information

Grow Hosta plants in sun or dappled shade, on rich, moist, well-drained soil. Plants can grow well in a sunny border, but will need to be kept reliably moist. Plants may perform better on slightly acid soils. Before planting, work some fresh compost or general fertiliser into the top 20cm of the soil. Alternatively plant Hostas in patio containers in soil based compost such as John Innes No. 3.

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Order Despatch

Orders are despatched promptly by post or parcel carrier. Seasonal items such as plants are sent separately with the estimated delivery times stated against each variety both in our catalogue and on our website.

Please note that when several items are ordered they may not all be delivered at the same time.

Delivery Charge

Standard Charge

Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

If your order comprises of a combination of carriage charges then a combined carriage charge of £7.99 will be applied.

Live Plants

Suttons strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

Non Standard Deliveries

Unfortunately like many companies in our industry we are currently only able to supply orders to UK based customers, excluding those in Northern Ireland. We are committed to finding a way that we can resume or normal services again as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvience caused.

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