Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta Aurea'
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Allan Armitage Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta Aurea'
Allan Armitage
Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta Aurea'
Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta Aurea' (click for large image)
Albopicta Aurea Fortun 		Common Names:
  • Albopicta Aurea Fortun
 
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Origin:

  Japan  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial sun.

Armitage says: "This species provides excellent low maintenance plants for the shade garden."

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 3 to Zone 8

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 15" to 24".

Flowers:

  Color(s): Purple
Season(s): Summer

Armitage says: "The flower stem rises well above the foliage and usually has one to several bracts beneath the 1 1/2" long pale lilac flowers."  

Foliage:

  Armitage says: "Has leaves which are almost totally white but have a thin green central midrib."  

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Armitage says: "Plants form extensive clumps of somewhat heart-shaped green to gray-green leaves after a few years."

Other:

   
Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta Aurea' is hardy in these areas:
Alsip, ILBaltimore, MDBayside, NY
Bronx, NYBrooklyn, NYBrownsville, TX
Canton, MIChicago, ILCicero, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEast Greenville, PAEast Texas, PA
Easton, PAEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEmmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, ILFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHighland Park, MI
Hunt Valley, MDJackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NC
Lexington, NCLiberty, NCLinwood, NC
Little Neck, NYMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMiddle Village, NY
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewport News, VA
North Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MINottingham, MD
Oakland Gardens, NYParkville, MDPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDRego Park, NYRidgewood, NY
Riverdale, ILRosedale, MDSparrows Point, MD
Staten Island, NYTaylor, MITemperance, MI
Towson, MDTrenton, MIVirginia Beach, VA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MIWoodside, NY
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