Hosta Keepsake Chelone Although other botanists tried to

Although other botanists tried to locate it

the first recorded success of the "impossible" cross of Helleborus niger and the distantly related Helleborus foetidus

and light green checkerboard pattern with a silver streak down the center of each leaf

thin yellow tongue) produced in mid-May is held just above the horseshoe-like foliage of 7-15 leaflets

which was a sport of Hosta 'Francee'

Hosta Keepsake Chelone Although other botanists tried toHosta 'Keepsake' was a seedling (Hosta 'Fascination' x op) in 1998 when hosta breeder Gil Jones moved from his Michigan garden south to Georgia. Something about it was so charming that we enticed Gil to share the plant. We've kept it growing over the ensuing decade, so it's finally time to share. Hosta 'Keepsake' forms a tidy 9" tall x 2' wide clump of small, medium green, wavy leaves, each surrounded by a nice, creamy gold border. The clumps are