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Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit'

 

Plantain Lily 'Forbidden Fruit'

Hosta are popular perennials for shady areas. Grown for their architectual qualities and sumptuous foliage topped with lily-like blooms. The flowers appear in mid-summer. Hosta go completely dormant in the autumn, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring. Easily divided in either spring or autumn. 'Forbidden Fruit' has a leaf center of orange-yellow, a blue-green to green-blue margin. In the middle of summer the center turns to yellow-white. Pale lavender blooms appear midsummer.

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plant Features
  • Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Plantain Lily 'Forbidden Fruit'

Latin name

Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Asparagaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Frost

    Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Plantain Lily Forbidden Fruit is 0.90meters x 0.60meters 0.90 M 0.60 M

Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit'

Hosta are popular perennials for shady areas. Grown for their architectual qualities and sumptuous foliage topped with lily-like blooms. The flowers appear in mid-summer. Hosta go completely dormant in the autumn, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring. Easily divided in either spring or autumn. 'Forbidden Fruit' has a leaf center of orange-yellow, a blue-green to green-blue margin. In the middle of summer the center turns to yellow-white. Pale lavender blooms appear midsummer.


Flowering

From Late Spring TO Late Summer

Hosta foliage begins to appear late in the spring and then continues throughout the summer. Hosta will produce long stemmed flowers in early to mid summer.

 

Planting Outdoors spring

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant out container grown plants in full sun but do better in partial shade, they prefer well drained but moist soil.

 

Planting Outdoors autumn

From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn

Plant out container grown plants in full sun but do better in partial shade, they prefer well drained but moist soil.

 
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