 The result of a cross between H. 'King Tut' × an H. 'Mildred Seaver' seedling, this cultivar was
registered in 1998 by
Olga Petryszyn of Indiana. It is a large size plant
growing to 28 inches in height and spreading to 62 inches in
width. The broadly ovate leaves are heavily corrugated, waxy and
have good
 substance. Its white flowers bloom from late June into July on scapes up to 3 feet tall.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "A big plus is the fact that its
gold center does not develop spring desiccation burn."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Grow in a foliage border where it will stand out
among plain green leaves. Not suitable for
containers. Divide frequently...The attractive
variegation resembles the "hand print" or "maple
leaf" pattern."
 Sometimes
incorrectly listed as H. 'Brother Stephan'.
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 An article by
Warren I. Pollack in
The
Hosta Journal (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled
Doppelgänger Hostas: Fancy Name for
Look-alike Hostas, included a long list of hostas
which various hostaphiles, published articles or other sources have
indicated "look" the same. Some of these are, in fact, the same
plant with two or more different names. Others are hostas that vary
in some minor trait which is not immediately discernable to the
casual observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren mentions, hostaphiles may differ as to the
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H. 'Paradigm' appeared on two lists in the article.
According to my last algebra class, if A=B and B=C, then A=C so it
would seem that all hostas on the two lists would qualify as
look-alikes.
List #1 - H.
'Brother
Stefan' and
H. 'Paradigm'
List #2 - H.
'Darwin's
Standard', H. 'Dick
Ward', H. 'Goldbrook
Gayle' and
H. 'Paradigm'
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2011 #24
2015 #19 |
2016 #22
2017 #15 |
2019 #17
2021 #19 |
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