| Description | Silver Crown Hosta (Hosta albo marginata) has been used in gardens for many years. A small to medium size plant, with a white margin and pale purple flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | shaded, filtered sunlight |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pale lavender flowers on 24-36" scapes |
| Fruit | seed pods |
| Leaves | thin, wavy, and green with a creamy-white margin. will burn in dry direct |
| Dimensions | 16-24" by up to 40" spread |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | In 1987 the AHS registered it as Hosta undulata Albo-marginata and then changed in 1991 to H. fortunei Albomarginata AKA: Thomas Hogg, Decorata, Frank Sedwick |
| Author's Notes | One of the more common heirloom Histas, it has probably been superseded by many other variegated Histas. When I ran my nursery in the 1980s, this was one of the top three or so Histas being sold. |
| Notes & Reference | #24-The Hosta Book (Aden), #33-Hosta the Flowering Foliage Plant (Diana Grenfell), #50-The Hosta Handbook (Mark R. Zillis) |
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