There is an image of this
cultivar on the
Hosta Library. From the photo on the HL website, it appears to be an
upright growing, medium
size hosta with green foliage that has a yellowish-green
medial (center) variegation. Pale bluish lavender
flowers on 28 inch high scapes bloom from late July into
August followed by viable seeds. This non-registered
cultivar was originated by someone in England.
Another website stated
that 'Dinner Jacket' was found in a U.K. tissue culture
lab as a sport of H. 'Halcyon' and is identical
to H. 'Touch of Class'.
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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.
'Catherine', H.
'Cream
Topping', H. 'Dinner
Jacket', H. 'Grand
Marquee', H. 'High
Society', H. 'Magic
Island', H. 'Timeless
Beauty' and
H. 'Touch
of Class'. |
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