Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: Walters Gardens/Hans Hansen
Year of Registration: 2009

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 10 to 12 inches (25-30cm)
Plant Spread: 20 to 24 inches (50-60cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Other: Herbaceous,Broadly Ovate and Flat. Average substance with Medium Blue-green leaves and Pale Yellow margin. Medium growth rate.
Flowers: Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Pale Lavender Tubular shaped flowers.
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60-70
Days to germinate: In temperatures of 60° to 70°F (20°C), the germination time for hosta seed will be about two weeks. Cooler rooms will greatly increase the germination period.
Start indoors
Will not come true from seed
Other info: Hosta seedlings do not need a night time rest period, so if the lights are on 24/7, you will gain 3 ‑ 9 months of additional growth by the time they are set outside.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP23224
Parentage: Sport of: First Frost

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Trade name information:
Series: Shadowland®
Trade Name: Autumn Frost
Cultivar name: 'Shadowland Autumn Frost'
Common names
  • Hosta

Photo Gallery
Location: Southern Indiana 
Date: 4/29/2019
Location: 2019 Flower Show in Philadelphia
Date: 2019-03-02
seen at Proven Winners exhibit, 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show
Location: 2019 Flower Show in Philadelphia
Date: 2019-03-02
seen at Proven Winners exhibit, 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2017-06-07
Uploaded by TheCreekKid
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2017-05-20
Neat side view at Sebright Hosta Garden.
Location: Home
Date: 2017-05-07

Date: 2013-05-17
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-14
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-08-29

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: Northwest N.J.
Date: 2019-06-23
Location: St Louis
Date: 2015-05-02
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-09
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-08-29
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Home
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-06-23
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2017-05-20
Photo taken at Sebright Hosta Garden display garden.
Location: Black Creek Greenhouse in East Earl PA
Date: 2017-04-11
"drip marks" from water on this leaf show the frosty blue overlay

Date: 2015-06-02
Location: Black Creek Greenhouse in East Earl PA
Date: 2017-04-11
young plant in gallon pot

Date: 2014-07-09
Location: Canton, OH
Uploaded by coboro
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09

Photo Courtesy of Gardens Plus. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Canton, OH
Date: 2023-06-25

Date: 2014-07-02

Date: 2011-09-05

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Mar 13, 2019 11:11 AM concerning plant:
    I first saw this as a young plant at Black Creek Nursery. At the 2019 Philly Flower Show, it was the only hosta in the Proven Winners exhibit, striking coloration. Confusingly, it had "Hosta of the Year" on the corner of its label. In fact, it's a sport of the Hosta Growers Association 2010 "Hosta of the Year," 'First Frost'. Maybe since sports are vegetatively propagated from their parent plants, awards like this are considered to be transferred? Seemed to be a stretch, although this does look like a stunning plant with great substance to its leaves, worthy of the "Proven Winners" label at least.
  • Posted by Tepelus (Nashville, Michigan - Zone 6a) on May 19, 2013 8:28 PM concerning plant:
    Wider, deeper gold edges than First Frost.
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