Hosta Keepsake Chelone thin yellow tongue) produced in

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

Plantsman Aaron Floden tells us that this species came through fine at -15 degrees F in Kansas

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

but what will really shock you are the intense orange flowers that top the 6' tall clumps all summer

making a dramatic winter feature in the shade garden

Hosta Keepsake Chelone thin yellow tongue) produced inHosta '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