Curly Fries Hosta
Hosta ‘Curly Fries’ · a ruffled gold hosta
Narrow, wildly rippled chartreuse leaves wiggle out of this small hosta like curly fries, bright beside blue hostas in pots or at the front of a shady border. Morning sun brings out the colour; shade it from hot afternoon sun, and protect it from deer and rabbits, who relish hostas.
- Mature size
- 6 in × 1.5 ft
- 0.1 × 0.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Jul–Aug
Curly Fries Hosta at its mature size
A mature Curly Fries Hosta grows to about 6 in tall and 1.5 ft wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Walters Gardens, Gertens, K-State Research and Extension.
Through the year
What Curly Fries Hosta looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Below ground · Nov–Mar
Dies back to the ground; draw nothing but keep it selectable.
In leaf · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
The leaf clump, no flower stalks.
In flower · Jul–Aug
The same leaf clump with a few slender stalks of lavender bell flowers rising well above the leaves.
Growing Curly Fries Hosta
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Groundcover, specimen, and shade garden
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Japan, Korea, and China
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Curly Fries Hosta, that’s about 1.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Curly Fries Hosta in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hostas
Curly Fries Hosta
Blue Mouse Ears Hosta
Golden Tiara Hosta
Francee HostaAll drawn to the same scale.