A sport of H. 'First Frost',
this cultivar
was registered by
Jeroen
Linneman of the
Netherlands in 2008. The foliage is
similar to that of a Tardiana-type
hosta and it forms a medium size (16 inches high by 35 inches wide)
mound. Its very pale lavender flowers bloom from mid-July into
August followed by viable seeds
The registration materials site notable characteristics as: "the edge colors
change from yellow to white...later in the season."
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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
plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations and interpretations. |
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H.
BLUE DEW, H. 'El
Niño', H. 'First
Frost', H. FROSTY
RIBBONS, H. 'MonLisa', H.
'Sleeping Beauty', H. 'Sleeping
Star' and
H. 'Valley's
Glacier'. |
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