This is a sport of H. 'Halcyon' which has green leaves
was originated by Heinz Klose of
Staudengärtnerei Klose in Germany but was
registered by
Peter Ruh of Ohio as a
Tardiana-type hybrid in 2003. It has
dark green foliage with thick substance. Very pale lavender
flowers bloom in July. According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...This cultivar should
not be listed as 'Grunspecht', though 'Gruenspecht' is
acceptable. It is identical to the other green-leaved sports of
'Halcyon'."
Green Woodpecker
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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
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H. 'Canadian
Shield', H.
'Devon
Green', H. 'Grünspecht', H. 'Kryptonite', H. 'Peridot' and
H. 'Vallerie's
Vanity'. |
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