Hosta 'Patriot' Bare Root Starter Plant | Variegated Shade Perennial with Lavender Flowers

Enhance your shade garden with the striking beauty of Hosta 'Patriot', a popular variegated hosta variety. This perennial features ovate leaves with deep green centers and crisp white streaked margins, creating outstanding contrast throughout the growing season. In spring, the leaf margins emerge creamy-yellow before maturing to bright white.

The foliage has better-than-average substance, slight waviness, and good sun tolerance compared to many hosta varieties. In midsummer, elegant lavender flowers rise above the foliage on tall 30-inch scapes, attracting hummingbirds and songbirds. A sport of the 'Francee' hosta, Patriot is suitable for shade gardens, woodland plantings, borders, and containers.

Included:
• 1 bare root Patriot Hosta starter plant
• Equivalent to a 3-inch pot size plant
• Ships bare root for healthy establishment
• Healthy, rooted plant
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Patriot Hosta
• Botanical Name: Hosta 'Patriot'
• Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
• Growth Stage: Starter plant (ships bare root)
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to full shade
• Soil: Rich, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist
• Mature Height: 22 inches
• Spread: 30 inches
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–9
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip: Plant in partial to full shade with organically enriched soil. Morning sun is tolerated, but protect from intense afternoon sun to maintain bright white leaf margins and healthy foliage.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.