Here is another view.

Could be a young Sagae,but it's hard to tell with young plants. As for seeds,they wil be 99 percent green,no matter what, if you could get them to ripen. Where did you get a hosta at this time of year? Mine are all gone to the ground. Phil

I would leave it in the pot for the winter. Since you're in zone 8, you may have a tough time getting as much cooling as you need if the plant is in the ground. Make sure it drains well and if you have a prolonged period without rain (a month or more), water it.

When it starts to come up, don't water it at all until it gets up pretty far. You don't want to keep it wet while the weather is still cool and it's trying to come up. It can cause rot.

bk

My loving sister, once again is spoiling me. She got it from Walmart. She just bought me the tag. It says Hosta Frances Williams. Is that real? This must be the time of year that Walmart sells them. I just want to keep it alive. I have it inside now and I need to put it outside.

Yes, that is the name. Regardless of whether you keep it in it's pot or plant it in the ground placement will be important as this hosta suffers from spring desiccation burn. A spot where the sun will not hit the leaves when they are wet will greatly reduce the problem.

In this case, I think Peren.all is mistaken. In zone 8, Frances Williams burns. I had one of mine completely under a Paul's Glory. It still burned. I think it's just not a good hosta for the South. (Unforutnately, they have them in every Lowe's and Walmart here, unless, of course, they have Brim Cup, which is also popular with the growers.)

bk

I have a ot of shade in my yard. But I will keep. This one on my front porch. I want to keep an eye on it. No sun.

I've heard windburn can be part of the problem, too. It can be a really nice hosta in zone 5. I think it hardly burns there.

bk

I have 'Frances Williams' growing on the north side of my house in full shade, protected from wind by the garage. It does well and actually got a little over-zealous the past couple of years--it grew larger than 'Krossa Regal.'

I am in zone 5 , "lost" my hosta behind a shrub, it was tiny. Found it, moved it to a spot of its own in the shade 3 years ago. Now it is about 20" tall and about 3 feet across. It went crazy the second year in its new spot, takes longer to succumb to the frost. Just love it, sorry I "lost" it. Here it is behind my dogs! That is my frances williams!

Sherry

This post was edited by sherrygirl on Mon, Nov 10, 14 at 15:45

I am in zone 5 and grow this mature h. 'Frances Williams' in bright shade. So my comment does not apply to warmer regions! But I have to defend her honor! The following picture is from June 24, but she keeps this look until into October, while other cultivars have given up. In July/August it got some burns on some leaves, but every other hosta then did not look perfect either, so why complain. She is a beauty and beat out all other look-alikes I have.
Bernd

Lovely looking FWs shown, Sherry and Bernd. Mine did okay until early June and then it began to sunburn too. And I was watering every day by that time. Still, it set a lot of seedpods. It will have a different location next year, where it gets some early light and all shade thereafter. It isn't my favorite, but it is a lot better than Sugar Daddy.

FarmGrl, you keep on with the hosta. Everyone here is likely to urge you on, not suggest you stop. :) Since you are zone 8, and you want to keep this one in a pot until spring at least, listen to what BKay tells you. She knows the zone.
Mine is zone 9a, a wee bit warmer in the winter.

Thank you all for your great advice. My fiance says I start every sentence with Hosta now. I am planting seeds and all. I have about 7 left because of damping off and no grow lights. I am so happy I found this site. You guys give the greatest advice and now my shade filled yard will be beautiful next year with my young hostas. I will be happy when I can send pictures and you can help me with names of hostas. I will then sit back and relax in my Hosta Gardens.

LilFarmGirl...enjoying your posts and looking forward to seeing your shade garden evolve over time. You've definitely caught the bug, lol. You won't get any help here from anyone trying to "stop" you by the way....we don't stop, we "enable"! Lol ð ðÂÂÂ

Bernd, I can't recall seeing a lovelier France's Williams! ð± It's pictures like this one that promote this hosta and make it worthwhile to grow it. I'd take a FW anytime...as a matter of fact, I have divided mine and have four where I only had two.

Jo

Sherrygirl .. do you collect dogs and hosta too? I thought when I had three I had too many but can not imagine five but they sure are cute anyway! Keeps you busy picking up poop!

This post was edited by almosthooked on Thu, Nov 13, 14 at 15:40

Ok. The pods on my H. Frances Williams have dried and opened up. The pods are still green but the seeds are falling out. I have a stocking on the head to catch them. Do you guys think they will be good seeds? I have some more ordered and on the way. What do I do? I just want to see if these seeds will work. Sorry about the bad picture.

Congrats LilFarmGirl! If the seeds are good they should be black with a bump on one end. That bump is where the seed is held. Some people would plant as is others would discard the wing only keeping the seed itself.

Let us know if the seeds are mature.