Hosta 'Patriot' Starter Perennials. Large and Small Root Balls. Grows Hardy Leaves. Sun Tolerant.
Hosta 'Patriot' Starter Perennials. Large and Small Root Balls. Grows Hardy Leaves. Sun Tolerant.
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Plants depicted in photos are at maturity. We sell starter perennials shipped bare root, as plugs (young plants) or bulbs. Plugs are shipped trimmed to reduce stress during travel.
Common Name: Hosta
Ovate leaves have dark green centers and outstanding, crisp white, streaked margins (margins are creamy-yellow in spring). Leaves are of better than average substance, are slightly wavy, and display good sun tolerance. Lavender flowers appear on 30" scapes in mid-summer
Attracts both hummingbirds and songbirds
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 30-40"
Sunlight: Full Sun, Full Shade, and Part Shade
Foliage: Variegated
Flower: Purple
Bloom Season: Mid Summer
All variants mature to the same size.
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Hosta 'Patriot'
- Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
- Height: 22"
- Spread: 30-40"
- Sunlight: Full Sun, Full Shade, and Part Shade
- Foliage: Variegated
- Flower: Purple
- Bloom Season: Mid Summer
- Plant Features: Attacts Hummingbirds
- Water: Average
- Soil Quality: Average and Fertile
- Soil Chemistry: ph 6.5 and pH 7.0
- Growth Rate: Moderate
How to Plant, Grow and Enjoy Hostas
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Hostas Appearance
Hostas have earned their place in gardens through their unparalleled landscape adaptability and resilience. They simply come back every year and their understated color palette, statuesque flower stems, and expansive foliage create elements difficult to replicate.
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Easy to Propagate
Hostas are easy to propagate through division. You can do this at any time during the growing season with little or no affect on the growth of the parent plant. But it's best that each division have at least 3 eyes so allow your hostas to mature for a few years before dividing them.
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Critters
Deer and rabbit will munch on hostas, unfortunately, we know. But you can grow companion plants that may help deter critters due to strong scents, textures, or toxicity these animals tend to avoid. Lavender, Alliums, Ferns, Daffodils, Catmint, Sage, to name a few.
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Extra Care
Organic mulch can prevent winter frost heaving in northern climates, especially for young hostas. Mulching, however, can create ideal slug conditions. Little leaf perforations are telltale sign of slug activity. Early spring application of slug bait when shoots first emerge significantly reduces infestations.
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Hosta Foliage
Subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. The large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage, but you'll want to remove dormant hosta foliage heading into winter to keep the pests away.
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Hosta Sizes
Hostas come in a variety of sizes. Minis can be as small as 4-6 inches tall and 6-10 inches wide while giant hostas can dominate a garden bed by growing up to 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide (See our Empress Wu).
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Part or Full Shade
Dappled sunlight is good for hostas, especially morning sun. However, hot afternoon sun is not so great - deadly, in fact. Hostas are most comfortable in shady, woody settings.
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Soil
Hostas grow best in moist, well-drained, highly organic soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7.5. Sandy loam is better than clay because it provides more aeration for the roots.
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City Friendly
Hostas demonstrate remarkable resilience in urban settings, thriving despite air quality challenges posed by vehicular emissions and other environmental pollutants.
How it all works at Hosta King
Order Details & Policies
No Returns But Replacements
We do not do returns or offer warranties, unfortunately. We simply can't guarantee the future of plants after they leave our shop and are in your care. But the health of our plants upon arrival is something we'll stand by.
Shipping can stress plants. If there are any issues with your plants when you receive them, send us a chat message from our website. We can issue store credits or send replacements.
Also, our starter perennials are small plants. We do not issue refunds because they are smaller than expected. For more details about plant sizes, see Starter Perennials Shipped Trimmed.
Starter Perennials Shipped Trimmed
Starters are small, young plants or plugs, bare roots and bulbs. We do not ship mature plants in containers. We will often trim back growth on our perennial plugs to reduce stress on the plants during travel. Trimming does not hurt the plants. They'll bounce back with new growth. You'll receive your plants carefully wrapped and prepared for shipping in a box.
Plant Sizes
Starter perennials are smaller because they are young. Bare roots and bulbs speak for themselves. We have plug sizes ranging from 1-2 inches x 2-4 inches, although some hostas come in larger sizes.
These are not yet plants at maturity as seen in many of the photos on our store. We have photos of real starter plants on some listings and we are working to post more starter photos this year in 2026. We're adding plug sizes to the plant pages, too. Bear with us as we update all our plant detail pages so you are better informed. In the meantime, if you need more details or a photo of an actual starter, send us a message in our chat.
Delivery
Your order should arrive within 7-14 days. Occasionally, we may hold an order so that we can fulfill it with new inventory we are expecting to receive. Just send us a chat if you need a status update.
Cost to Ship
Shipping fees are as follows:
- $9.99 for orders up to $39.99
- $14.99 for orders between $40 and $79.99
- $19.99 for orders between $80 and $119.99
- $25.99 for orders between $120 and $159.99
- $31.99 for orders between $160 and $199.99
- $37.99 for orders between $200 and $239.99
- $43.99 for orders between $240 and $279.99
- FREE for orders $280 or greater