General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 13 inches
Plant Spread: 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Other: Fast growing 3' clump of dark green leaves surrounded by a gold border with a narrow white thread between the two patterns. Ovate, Flat, Dull.
Flower Color: Other: Pale lavender, Tubular shape.
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: It does not set seed.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Hosta

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Location: Indiana
Date: early summer 2012
Hosta 'Hanky Panky'
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-05-14
Hosta Hanky Panky
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-08
In my garden
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-10
Location: Indiana
Date: May
Hosta 'Hanky Panky'
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2018-07-22
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2014-05-05
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2017-06-01
Location: Indiana
Date: May 2012
Hosta 'Hanky Panky'

Date: 2013-05-17
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2018-06-18
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-07-25
Scape 9-12" bud has light purple lines
Location: My Garden
Date: 2015-09-28

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2013-05-31
Color change after two weeks of being fully emerged.
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2018-07-19
Uploaded by Paul2032
Location: My Garden
Date: 2015-07-09
Loses a lot of it's unique coloration as the summer progresses bu
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2018-07-16
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-08
In my garden
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2014-06-06
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-08
In my garden

Date: 2014-06-10
Uploaded by weeding
Uploaded by Paul2032

Date: 2015-05-15

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Ottawa, ON
Date: 2018-06-18

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Uploaded by BlackHawkGiboshi

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-05-30
Location: Hornbaker's Gardens, Princeton, IL
Date: 2015-09-12
Location: In my garden....Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-02
Spring growth

Date: 2012-08-13
Summer color
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Comments:
  • Posted by Tepelus (Nashville, Michigan - Zone 6a) on May 19, 2013 9:05 PM concerning plant:
    IMO, this plant looks its best after it emerges, and less so when it goes through its color change.
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Hanky Panky???????? by Paul2032 Jun 21, 2015 2:53 PM 6

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