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Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana

Climate-suitable non-native

Growing guidance

Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.

Current-climate suitability

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Future-climate resilience

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Sun

Shade

Soil moisture

average, moisture-retentive

Heat tolerance

Up to about 34°C

Cold tolerance

Down to about -35°C

Waterlogging tolerance

4/5

Drought tolerance

2/5

Mature size

0.5–0.8 m tall, 1 m spread

Seasonal interest

Summer · Blue green

Maintenance

low

Wildlife supported

General wildlife value 2/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)

Known risks or warnings

Slugs and snails can strip it in wet seasons.

Toxicity: mild

Verified botanical record

Accepted scientific name
Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagales)
Rank and status
species · accepted
GBIF record
Taxon 5303933

Recorded as introduced in: Korea, South European Russia

Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.

Hosta (, syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). Like many "lilioid monocots", the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. The genus was named by Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick in 1812, in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. In 1817, the generic name Funkia was used by German botanist Kurt Sprengel in honor of Heinrich Christian Funck, a collector of ferns and alpines. It was later used as a common name and is referenced in some older literature.

Description from Wikipedia — Hosta (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.

Native status and geographic context

  • United Kingdom: climate-suitable
  • United States: climate-suitable
  • Australia: climate-suitable

Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.

Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.