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Hosta 'Bashful'

 

This is one of those cases where there are two hostas with the same name. Neither are currently registered with The American Hosta Society. The first one to be registered would become the "official" hosta of that name and the others would have to be renamed.

 

This non-registered cultivar is a small size (6 inches high by 12 inches wide) hosta which is a hybrid of H. 'Blue Cadet' from Kathie Sisson of Connecticut. The foliage emerges in the spring in a cream color with blue-green mottling. As the season progresses, the older leaves darken in the blue-green areas. White flowers bloom in July.

Hosta Helper will call this plant 'Bashful' (Sisson)

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), regarding H. 'Bashful' "...observed in the Wade & Gatton Nurseries collection in 1993; may no longer exist."

We suspect that the plant that Mark observed was a different hosta, perhaps a creation of Van Wade. The one pictured above was for sale at the vendor's area of the 2017 National Convention of The American Hosta Society.

Hosta Helper will call this plant 'Bashful' (Wade)

 


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