This
self-pollinated seedling of
H. 'Dorset Blue' was
registered by
Dr. Ralph (Herb) and Dorothy Benedict of Michigan in 1995. It is a
medium size (18 inches high) plant with a semi-upright form and slightly wavy
leaf margins. The flowers are pale lavender and appear from August into September with scapes that droop under the weight of the seed
pods.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by Mark Zilis (2000), it "...acts more like
a hybrid of
H. kikutii leuconata
and H. 'Tardiflora'."
An article by
Dr. Ben J.M. Zonneveld in
The
Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that, "...I
found in the garden of Hideko Gowen,..I also found a seedling of H. 'Salute' (a
H. rupifraga ×
H. kikutii prunosa cross or, is H. 'Blue Cadet' also
involved?). It had a total of eight scapes in bud...The peculiar thing was that
there was just a single crown with about eight leaves. Surely a plant to give
some attention."
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