This slow growing cultivar was registered in 2010
by Mark Zilis of Illinois and is of unidentified parentage (a sport
of an unnamed seedling of (H. 'Galaxy' × (H.
'Fantastic' × H.
'Elatior ').
It is a medium size (16 inches high by 36 inches wide)
hosta with medium green foliage that has yellow streaked
and mottled variegation. The leaves are lightly
corrugated, ovate, slightly wavy and dull on top. Tubular
flowers bloom from June into July on scapes 20 to 24
inches tall. According to the registration materials: "...heavily streaked and mottled version of H. 'Elbridge Gerry' out of the original clump,
stabilized in tissue culture..."
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to the Urban Dictionary, "slammin" means that something is very
good.
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