Hosta Dixie Chickadee Tripidium wide creamy white border

wide creamy white border

and a great addition to the world of hardy

somewhat like that of a fig

deer-resistant North American native that is always a perennial favorite (pardon the pun) for the border or the wild garden

where it was discovered in 2007 as a mutation on Geranium 'Rozanne' by Jan Dirk Schuiver

Hosta Dixie Chickadee Tripidium wide creamy white borderHosta 'Dixie Chickadee' is a 2004 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a reverse sport of our earlier introduction Hosta 'Dixie Chick' (Hosta 'Masquerade' x Hosta 'Invincible'). Hosta 'Dixie Chickadee' is a very unusual plant in that the thick, waxy leaves are creamy yellow, edged in dark green and peppered with green flecks a most unique pattern in hostas. This dwarf grower makes an 8" wide clump, topped in late summer with 1' tall spikes of large