Hosta sieboldiana (Hosta crispula)

Family: Funkiaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Hosta crispula is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a slow rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet but rather fibrous and chewy. — Leaf stems - raw or cooked.; Crisp and sweet but rather fibrous and chewy.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation, it is probably of garden origin. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)