{"product_id":"hosta-first-frost","title":"First Frost Hosta","description":"\u003cp\u003eHosta 'First Frost' (Hosta 'First Frost') is a strikingly beautiful, medium-sized hosta of genuine garden distinction — producing broad, ovate leaves in a cool, powdery blue-green tone elegantly edged in a wide cream-to-pure-white margin that brightens and defines each leaf with a clean, luminous precision. The creamy white margins age to pure white as the season progresses, intensifying the high-contrast blue-and-white color combination that gives 'First Frost' its evocative name and its commanding visual presence in shaded borders, woodland gardens, and container arrangements. As an AHS award-winning cultivar, 'First Frost' has been recognized for its exceptional foliage quality, vigorous growth, and outstanding overall garden performance — a well-deserved distinction for a hosta that earns its place through sheer, consistent ornamental excellence across the full growing season and through a wide range of challenging shade garden conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis professional-grade 4\" plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to settle in and develop its characteristic broad, beautifully marked foliage mound. 'First Frost' performs magnificently as a bold shade garden specimen, as a refined front-of-border foliage anchor in woodland compositions, as a striking container subject on shaded patios and terraces, and as a sophisticated companion to dark-leaved hostas, bright chartreuse foliage, and white-flowering shade perennials for richly layered, high-contrast shade garden compositions of genuine sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStriking Blue-Green Foliage with Cream-to-White Margins:\u003c\/strong\u003e Broad, ovate, powdery blue-green leaves edged in wide cream-to-pure-white margins create a high-contrast, luminous foliage display of exceptional clarity and cool, sophisticated beauty — a commanding visual presence in shaded borders that intensifies in impact as the margins age to pure white through the season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAHS Award-Winning Foliage Quality:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recognized by the American Hosta Society for exceptional foliage quality, vigorous growth, and outstanding overall garden performance — an independently validated confirmation of the ornamental excellence and reliable performance that makes 'First Frost' one of the most respected and sought-after medium hosta cultivars available.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLavender Flowers Above the Foliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pale lavender flower scapes rise attractively above the bold, variegated foliage in summer — adding a delicate seasonal floral accent that complements the cool blue-and-white foliage palette with light, naturalistic grace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExceptional Shade Performance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thrives in conditions from full shade to bright filtered light, maintaining consistent foliage quality, vigorous growth, and the characteristic blue-green and white color contrast across a wide range of challenging low-light garden conditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer Resistant:\u003c\/strong\u003e The thick, powdery blue-green foliage has natural deer resistance — a significant practical advantage in gardens where browsing pressure threatens the ornamental display of more vulnerable shade perennials through the growing season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 4\" healthy live plants thrive in partial shade to full shade with fertile, consistently moist, well-drained soil; protect from hot afternoon sun which bleaches and damages the cool blue-green foliage. Water regularly, keeping soil evenly moist throughout the growing season. USDA Hardiness Zones 3–9; mature height: 18–22 inches in foliage; spread: 30–36 inches. Bloom time: mid to late summer. Divide every four to five years in early spring to maintain vigor and the characteristic bold, well-formed foliage mound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planted Places","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48214513156310,"sku":"2HOSTFF4","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/2496\/8075\/files\/HOSTA_First_Frost.png?v=1778195427","url":"https:\/\/www.plantedplaces.com\/products\/hosta-first-frost","provider":"Planted Places","version":"1.0","type":"link"}