Although this trait is NOT listed on the
registration form, it is often used as an identifying characteristic
for hostas. Generally, hosta leaf tips are described as:
1. Acuminate - The tip comes to
a long, tapered point
2. Acute - These leaf tips come
to a straight, sharp point
3. Cuspidate - The leaf
terminates in a sharp point
4. Mucronate - A round leaf that
comes abruptly to a sharp point
5. Obtuse - These leaves have a
rounded tip
6. Vestigial - Just a trace of a
point on a nearly round leaf
We have
compiled a list of
hostas with distinctive leaf tips.
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