Registered by
M.
& F. Krueger of Wisconsin in
2019,
this cultivar is
an upright growing, giant size (36 inches high by 48
inches wide)
sport of H. 'World Cup'. It is an intensely
blue-green hosta with a variable greenish-yellow
marginal variegation. The ovate shaped leaves are
slightly rippled at the margins, deeply cupped,
slightly wavy and slightly corrugated overall. Pale
lavender flowers bloom from late June into July on scapes 35 to 38 inches tall followed by viable seeds.
The registration materials state: "...Upright
posture with cupped (boat shaped), slightly wavy leaves
& striking color combination. Leaf (top & bottom) and
petioles all have glaucous bloom. Interesting leaf
margin does not carry into the leaf tip..Center gets
darker as the season progresses."
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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
plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations and interpretations. |
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H. 'Hollywood
Hall of Fame' and
H. 'World
Peace'. |
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