 This sport of H. 'June' was registered
by Hans Hansen
and
Shady Oaks Nursery of Minnesota in 2004 and received a U.S. patent in
2006. A dense, small size
(12 inches high by 24 inches wide) plant, it bears
pale bluish lavender flowers in late July.
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Slow
growth rate...Simple, elegant containers
accentuate the dramatic variegation. Also makes an
eye-catching specimen. Divide regularly to retain
the attractive balance of leaf color...Differs from
its parent in having a more upright habit and
thicker leaves."
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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.
'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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 United States Patent: PP17313 (2006)
Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘High
Society’, a sport of Hosta ‘June’, that is
characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide
blue-green margins comprising about two thirds of the
leaf area, centers that emerge yellow green turning to
white, with intermediate areas of bright green. ‘High
Society’ is a smaller Hosta, in comparison to
‘June’, with a mounded plant habit and pinkish white
flowers held above the foliage that are present from
late summer to early fall.
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