Hosta 'Dinner Jacket'
 

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'. 
 

 

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.

 
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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