 If it has an unusual name, odds
are good that it comes from
Tony Avent of
Plant Delights Nursery in North Carolina
and this is no exception.
'Get Nekkid' is a hybrid of H. 'Elvis Lives' × H. 'Treasure
Island' that he registered in 2006. The plant grows
into a medium size hosta about a foot
tall and 27 inches wide with spider-shaped lavender flowers
starting in mid-July.
 An article by W. George Schmid in
The
Hosta Journal (2009 Vol. 40 No. 3) states that, "...Tony Avent's Plant Delights Nursery offers a number of unusual hosta
cultivars with even more unusual names, such as 'Get Nekkid', 'Banana Puddin'
and 'Tattoo'..."

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