| Description | Hosta Frances Williams (Hosta) is a large classic Hosta with blue green centers and an irregular yellow margin. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | partial shade, shade, filtered sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | near white on 25-30 inch scapes |
| Leaves | large corrugated leaves up to 13 inches long by 8 inches wide, blue green center changing to green as the summer progresses, wide irregular margin of medium gold |
| Dimensions | slow growing, mound reaching 28 inches with a spread of up to 63 inches, some old plants of mine are 3 plus feet in spread |
| Propagation | Francis Williams can be divided but like most H. sieboldiana Hosta but they do not produce a lot of divisions |
| Cultivar Origin | The original plant was found in 1936 by Francis Williams at a nursery in Bristol Connecticut. Francis was a garden writer and Hosta collector. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown many Francis Williams and found them rather slower growing. Sometime there are images of this plant with very blue leaf centers. I have never been able to attain this blue of a color. |
| Notes & Reference | #50-The Hosta Handbook (Mark R. Zillis) |
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