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to see a larger photo'Ocean Isle' (Chopko 2006) (Sport of ‘El Dorado’) LARGE (22" high by 48" wide.) This impressive hosta has long, thin pointed, wavy blue-green leaves with a wide, bright gold margin. The leaf center becomes a shiny, rich green color by mid-summer. It has very good substance and a high vein count. Light lavender flowers in June and July. Winner of Best Sport at 2004 First Look. $20.00
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'Ogon Tashi' (Japan) LARGE (20" high by 39" wide.) Upright bright gold leaves are 11" and 6". Purple flowers on 58" scapes; beautiful in full bloom with yellow foliage. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Old Glory' (Hansen 99) LARGE (24" high by 60" wide.) Spectacular! Hans Hansen brings us a vigorous sport from H. 'Glory', gold heart-shaped leaves have an uneven dark green border and a third color is apparent where the primary colors overlap. Prominent veins and a rippled margin topped with lavender flowers create a superior specimen. This plant has a lighter shade of green in the center with a dark green edge. It also has some very prominent veins in the leaves. Slug resistant. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Olive Bailey Langdon' (O'Harra NR) LARGE (31" high by 60" wide.) Near white flowers; Leaf blade 13" by 10". This spectacular Russ O'Harra hosta was named in honor of a past president of the American Hosta Society. Similar to 'Frances Williams', we recommend it as a replacement because it has more of a glaucus bloom (powder coating) on the leaf and displays its variegation color later in the season protecting it from the burning to which 'Frances Williams' is prone. Beautiful round leaves are margined with gold. Typical leaf corrugation and plant growth of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans'. Slug resistant. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Orange Marmalade'
LARGE (20" high by 45" wide.) Leaf Detail: 7 1/2" long by 5 1/2" wide; 1/2" wide blue-green margin; center bright gold to orange as it emerges from soil, becoming lighter during the season with bright light. Flowering: pale lavender flowers on three-foot scapes from mid-July into early August. Comments: outstanding sport of 'Paul's Glory' from Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm, Chapel Hill, NC (2002 AHS registration); has all of the great characteristics of its mother plant, but improves on it with its bright gold to orange center leaf color as it emerges from the soil in spring; should become one of the most popular cultivars in the near future. Sun tolerant. $20.00
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'Oshima Silk' NEW 2012 SMALL 12” high by 25” wide. Leaf Detail: 7” long by 4 1/2” wide; medium green center with a ¼” wide, heavily rippled, white margin; white underside. Flowering: pale purple flowers in August. Comments: seedling of Hosta pycnophylla developed by Mr. Noro of Iwakuni City, Japan; named for the small island in the Inland Sea where H. pycnophylla is native. $20.00
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'Pandora's Box' (Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery 96) DWARF (8" high by 19" wide.) Thick, palest chartreuse to creamy white irregularly margined dark grey-green with transitional streaks, dimpled; edge flat, cupped or convex, widely oval to near round. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Paradigm' (Walden West NR) LARGE (22" high by 48" wide.) A sport of H. 'Abiqua Recluse' and has gold leaves w/blue-green margin. The variegation intensifies as the season progresses and the substance is super. Lavender flowers. Formerly known as 'Abiqua Paradigm', this 'Abiqua Recluse' sport has beautiful gold leaves edged in blue-green. Thick, chartreuse-green turning yellow widely margined dark green jetting to midrib, satiny, intensely corrugated and puckered; edge slightly rippled, folded to cupped, heart shaped. Enjoys some morning sun. The variegation pattern intensifies later in the spring. Hosta of the year 2007. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Paradise Glory' (Marco Fransen) LARGE (24" high by 48" wide.) Very thick, yellow-gold leaves have wide blue margins. One of the best 'Paul's Glory sports. Fantastic! Marco feels this is one of his best: a sport of H. 'Paul's Glory' with very thick leaves (possibly a tetraploid) that have a wide blue border surrounding a yellow-gold center. Topped with pale lavender flowers midsummer. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Paradise Island' SMALL (18" high by 30" wide.) (M. Fransen) This sport of 'Fire Island' was discovered by Marco Fransen from Holland. It emerges in the spring with a brilliant yellow center with a narrow dark green edge. the red petiole bleeds into the base of the leaf as with the parent plant. As the temperatures increase (mid June in MN) the brilliant yellow leaf interior changes to chartreuse, but the dark border remains. Lavender flowers top the clump in late summer. $17.00
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'Parhelion' GIANT (28" high by 62" wide.) A sport of H. 'Sum and Substance'. Huge, 15" long leaves are light green with narrow, irregular, cream margins. Leaves have slightly rippled edges and may be shallowly cupped or convex. Lavender flowers are produced on 50" scapes in midsummer. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Patricia the Stripper' (Budd Gardens) LARGE (20" high by 50" wide.) Leaf blade 5" by 7". Thick, grey-blue leaf, greyish-green center surrounded by a thin white line, corrugated, oval with a short tip, prominently veined, slightly cupped or convex. This is a stunning hosta that will stand out in any shade garden, fantastic sport of 'Striptease'. Exclusive to Budd Gardens. Slug resistant. $25.00
Photo Budd Gardens (Jason Taylor)
'Patriot' (Machen 92) LARGE (23" high by 40" wide.) Good substance, dark green center, extra wide crisp white margin; some celadon streaking; edge slightly rippled. This hosta glows in the shade garden and enhances the look of all plants around it. 1997 A.H.G. Hosta of the year. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Paul's Glory' (Hofer/Ruh 87) LARGE (25" high by 55" wide.) Thick, chartreuse turning golden yellow, irregularly margined dark blue-green with some streaks, corrugated; edge flat to kinked, slightly folded or convex, widely oval with cuspidate tip. Center will bleach to ivory-white if exposed to hot sun. Nice blue margins. Hosta of the Year 1999. Particularly vivid and dramatic leaf colouring. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $20.00
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'Peanut' DWARF (6" high by 18" wide.) Leaf detail: 4" long by 2 3/4" wide; dark green margin that sometimes streaks into the creamy yellow to white center; heavily corrugated; ovate blade shape. Flowering: purple flowers from mid-July into August. Jim Schwarz introduction that received the people's choice award at the 2002 "First Look" seedling and sport competition; striking small mound of white-centered foliage with a sharp contrast between the leaf center and margin. $17.00
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'Pineapple Upsidedown Cake' (Zilis 99) LARGE (18" high by 50" wide.) Leaf blade 9" by 3". Smooth, chartreuse to rich golden yellow developing a narrow and irregular dark green margin with some streaks; edge conspicuously rippled, slightly folded, elliptic with an acute tip. Leaves have resemblance to the tuft of leaves at the top of a pineapple. Site in morning sun. This sport of H.'Pineapple Poll' is a medium clump of long lance-shaped leaves and has the same variegation type as H. 'Paul's Glory' with the leaf emerging blue-green and then the leaf center becoming gold (and then white in more heat and light) as the season progresses. Leaves are ruffled and have very heavy substance. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Pixie Vamp' (D. & J. Ward 1996) (‘Pinstripe’ seedling) DWARF (6" high by 12" wide.) This showy little hosta makes a perfect mound of bright green heart-shaped leaves bordered in snowy white. It has lavender flowers on purple scapes in June and July. Very vigorous in the garden or in a container. A favorite of Nancy Solberg. $17.00
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'Platinium Tiara' (Savory) MEDIUM (11" high by 29" wide.) Thin, smooth, chartreuse to golden yellow narrowly margined pure white with occasional streaks, widely spaced veins; edge slightly rippled, widely oval with cuspidate tip. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Popcorn' (E. Lachman/Schmid, 1999) SMALL (12" high by 20" wide.) The 2' wide clump is composed of thick, cupped, blue leaves, each highlighted by a large round creamy pattern in the center of each leaf. It produces rounded yellow leaves with a nice blue border. By midsummer the yellow fades to cream. With maturiity the leaves develop wonderful cupping. Suitable as a specimen in the front of the border. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Powder Blue' GIANT (29" high by 69" wide.) Leaf detail: 14" long by 11" wide; rich, blue-green; heavily corrugated; thick substance. Comments: aptly named seedling with Japanese origins developed by Peter Ruh of Chesterland, Ohio; becomes a huge, broad mound of slug-resistant, powdery blue foliage. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Powder Keg' NEW 2012 LARGE STREAKED 22” high by 45” wide Leaf Detail: Streaked 10” long by 8” wide; blue-green with many white streaks and mottled areas; corrugated; thick substance, Flowering: near-white flowers from mid-June into July on two-foot scapes; fertile. Comments: tissue culture sport of the ‘Powder Blue’ found at Q&Z Nursery; incredible blend of white streaks and mottled areas on a deep blue-green background; a breakthrough plant. $30.00
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'Praying Hands' (G. Williams, 96) MEDIUM (18" high by 30" wide.) One of the weirdest introductions to come along: extremely elongated dark green leaves have a waxy sheen and a very thin yellow rippled border. They are folded and wavy, giving a twisted appearance and look like no other hosta leaf. Light lavender flowers will appear midsummer. Amazing! Perhaps we should call this the un-hosta, as Hosta 'Praying Hands' is the most un-hosta looking hosta to ever hit the market. This sets a new standard for unique in the hosta world. Leaf blade 7" by 2". Smooth, olive-green with a very narrow yellow-gold margin, satiny, prominent veining; edge rippled and almost running together with the petiole, furled, lanceolate with an acute tip. Leaves are folded and rolled tightly in an upward stance. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Prestige and Promise' MEDIUM (16" high ny 36" wide.) This fantastic sport of ‘Cadillac’ features a wider, darker green margin and thicker leaves with a gold center that displays a significant resistance to leaf burn. Rounded leaves of good substance develop light dimpling as they mature. Light lavender flowers top the clump in midsummer. $20.00
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'Pretty Peggy' NEW 2012 LARGE (17” high by 44” wide.) Leaf Detail: 8 3/4” long by 7” wide; gold; heavily corrugated; wavy; thick substance. Flowering: near-white flowers produced on 20-30” scapes. Comments: Dick and Jane Ward hybrid of ‘White Vision’ X H. montana macrophylla; outstanding bright gold color. $20.00
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'Prince of Darkness' MEDIUM (17” high by 28” wide.) Leaf Detail: White center 7 ½” long by 6” wide; dark green with a narrow, white center; good substance. Flowering: pale lavender flowers on two-foot scapes in August. Comments: spectacularly variegated beauty from Jim & Karen Schwarz of Dubuque, Iowa; exhibits tetraploid properties. $20.00
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'Princess Anastasia' MEDIUM (15" high by 30" wide.) A medio variegated sport of 'Ryan's Big One'. Looks similar to 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' but is larger. Gold leaves of good substance have dark blue-green margins and display some corrugation at maturity. Keeps its color all season long. Forms an attractive durable mound of foliage. Pure white flowers with lavender stripes are borne on 18-22" scapes in midsummer. Registered by Gary Trucks of Amber Wave Gardens. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $20.00
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'Punky' (Kuk & Ziarek) SMALL (12" high by 32" wide.) Thick, glaucous, cream to golden yellow, narrowly and irregularly margined dark blue-green with streaks jetting toward the midrib, undulated to twisted, cupped, dimpled, oval with cuspidate tip. Dramatic constrast between dark margin and bright center. Grow in sun or shade. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Pure Heart' NEW 2012 DWARF (4" high by 8" wide.) This cute variegated sport displays the reverse variegation pattern of ‘Mighty Mouse’, bearing rounded leaves with blue green margins and a creamy yellow to creamy white center. Like its parent, the leaves are of heavy substance. This showy miniature hosta is perfectly suited to troughs or the edge of the border. Lavender flowers are produced on perfectly proportional scapes in midsummer. $17.00
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'Purple Heart' NEW 2012 SMALL (15" high by 30" wide.) Glossy lime to green leaves spotlighted with red purple in the leaf base. One of the most neat and uniform habits of any Hosta. The short petioles are almost black. A compact, densely clumping habit. Good slug resistance. $17.00
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'Queen of the Seas' (M. Seaver 01) LARGE (30" high by 48" wide.) Hosta 'Queen of the Seas' made everyone at the 1997 American Hosta Society convention drool with envy as it took Best in Show honors. Finally, one of Mildred Seaver's most sought-after gems has made its debut into commercial production. and we are delighted to be able to offer this treasure. The 4' wide clumps of heavily piecrusted, pointed blue-green leaves form an architectural clump. This lovely blue hosta features pointed heart-shaped leaves with extremely rippled margins; cupped and convex; heavily and deeply veined. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Radiant Edger' (Zilis 90) SMALL (12" high by 30" wide.) This 1990 introduction is a sport of the popular H. 'Gold Edger' with heart shaped golden leaves with a dramatic dark green center. H. 'Radiant Edger' is slower growing than its parent, but with the same wonderful flat mounding shape. The color contrast in the leaves makes this a real standout. Rich green leaves with wide, irregular gold border. Excellent mound. One of my favorites. Sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Rain Dancer' (Hans Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery, Reg. Pending) GIANT (33" high by 72" wide.) Hosta 'Rain Dancer' is the chartreuse-yellow margined sport of the ever popular 'Blue Umbrellas'. The margins, up to two inches, frame the large 12 inch blue-green leaves. Pale lavender flowers in early summer. A large, imposing plant for the back of the hosta border. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Rainbow's End' NEW 2012 SMALL (11" high by 21" wide.) This unique hosta exhibits incredibly variegated, shiny foliage. The bright yellow leaves of good substance have dark green margins that jet into the center, and the center brightens to creamy white in summer. It forms a medium sized mound of attractive foliage in the landscape. In late summer, showy red scapes carry the dark lavender, tubular flowers. Breeder: Hans Hansen Parentage: Sport of 'Obsession'. $17.00
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'Rainforest Sunrise' (Vaughn's) MEDIUM(12" high by 25" wide.) Fluorescent golden leaf surrounded by dramatic black-green border. Leaves are very cupped and puckered. A beautiful hosta that is growing and looking great in my garden. Striking sport of 'Maui Buttercups'; sharply contrasting variegation pattern, i.e., dark green margins with a bright gold center. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Rare Breed' NEW 2012 MEDIUM (20" high by 30" wide.) Rare tri-color leaves make this large hosta incredibly unique and showy. The colors change a bit with the seasons, starting off with a creamy white center and green margins. Where the center and margin meet, a beautiful shade of army green appears and the center brightens to crisp white. The leaves become slightly cupped when they are mature. Forms a semi-upright clump of foliage topped with pale lavender flowers in mid to late summer. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder: Livingston. $17.00
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'Raspberry Sundae' NEW 2012 SMALL (9' high by 21" wide.) Lovely compact Hosta with beautifully variegated leaves and striking deep burgundy petioles, leaf bases, and flower stalks. Terra Nova® worked on this one for many years perfecting the combination of variegation and introducing the red pigmentation to the foliage. Flower color is deep lavender purple in August. $17.00
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'Rebel Heart' MEDIUM (15” high by 36” wide.) Semi-upright habit. Leaf Detail: 7 1/4” long by 4 3/4” wide; bluish green in the center with a gold margin that changes to creamy white. Flowering: pale lavender flowers open on 16" scapes from mid-July into August. Comments: seedling out of a ‘Sea Prize’ breeding line; from Bridgewood Gardens, Strasburg, VA. $20.00
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'Red October' MEDIUM (16" high by 36" wide.) One of the best of red petiole hostas. Dark red colour covers length of front and back of the petioles, and extends an inch onto the top of the golden leaf blade. Tapering yellow leaves are glaucous with white underside, a strong contrast to the red petioles. $30.00
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'Regal Splendor' (Walters Gardens 87) GIANT (30" high by 72" wide.) Leaf blade 11" by 6". Thick, glaucous grey-blue irregularly margined yellow to creamy white with some streaks, closely ripped veins; edge rippled, arching, folded, oval with a cuspidate tip. The plant has a unique vase-shaped form. Hosta of the Year, 2003. Anyone who has ever seen a mature clump of H. 'Regal Splendor' agrees that this introduction will emerge as one of the great classics! This sport of the great H. 'Krossa Regal' has the same growth habit and shiny blue leaves, but with a nice cream border. Sun tolerant. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Regal Supreme' LARGE (28" high by 43" wide.) Hostas ‘Krossa Regal’ and ‘Regal Splendor’ have long been admired for their distinctive upright vase-shaped habit. The new ‘Regal Supreme’ has all of the wonderful traits of its parent, ‘Krossa Regal’, but it displays a significantly wider leaf margin than ‘Regal Splendor’. In spring, frosty blue leaves of good substance display wavy, creamy yellow margins. In summer, the color transitions to blue-green with wide, creamy white margins. Like its parent, lavender flowers appear on very tall scapes in mid through late summer. $20.00
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'Remember Me' (Van Eijk-Bos/Van Erven 01) MEDIUM (14" high by 30" wide.) This exciting new hosta is a mutation from the popular Hosta 'June'. Instead of the typical golden center, Hosta 'Remember Me' has a striking pure white center, surrounded by a contrasting blue-green border. Hosta 'Remember Me' is named in honor of Walters Gardens employee Sandy De Boer, who died of breast cancer in 2001. Walters Gardens will donate a portion of sales to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for each plant sold. Site in morning sun. Slug resistant. $17.00
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'Revolution' (Walters) MEDIUM (15" high by 35" wide.) Dark green leaves with creamy white centers. The center of the leaves are speckled with light green in the spring, turning darker in the summer. They say this is H. 'Loyalist' with character, thick leaves have creamy-white centers with wide irregular dark green borders. The center of the leaf has speckling which is soft green in the spring and darkens by summer. Lavender flowers are held on whitish scapes in midsummer. Slug resistant and sun tolerant. $17.00
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'Rhino Hide' LARGE (20" high by 40" wide.) You have to feel it to believe it! “The texture and substance of the leaves remind you of a rhino’s hide—thick and unusual” is how it was described in the AHS Hosta Journal (vol. 39 No.1 “Slugs and Substance”). Slugs can’t touch ‘Rhino Hide’ PPAF! Leaves of extremely thick substance have wide, blue margins and a narrow, light green center that brightens to yellow. They are cupped and puckered, forming a medium to large sized clump in the landscape. White flowers top the scapes in early to midsummer. $20.00
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'Ripple Effect' SMALL (12" high by 15" wide.) You’ll never guess that this unique new hosta is a sport of ‘June’! Its long, narrow, gold leaves with intensely rippled margins look more akin to ‘Pineapple Upsidedown Cake’, but have the same great substance of ‘June’. Newly emerged leaves have a narrow blue-green margin that jets irregularly towards the golden yellow center. In summer, the foliage transitions to chartreuse with a green margin. This plant forms a low, horizontal mound in the landscape. In mid to late summer, pale lavender flowers are produced on light lavender to chartreuse scapes. $17.00
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'Risky Business' LARGE (19" high by 48" wide.) Boy, has this hosta caused quite a commotion with those who have seen it in person. This mutation of the wildly popular Hosta 'Striptease' boasts a pure white center that holds all season instead of the yellow center of its parent. In midsummer, the clumps are topped with 2' tall scapes of violet flowers. Chalk this one up in the "winner" category! $17.00
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'Robert Frost' (Lachman 88) LARGE (24" high by 50" wide.) White flowers; Thick, dark blue-green turning grey-green, widely and irregularly margined creamy white to white with celadon streaks, dimpled; edge flat to slightly rippled, cupped or convex, widely oval with a mucronate tip. Striking effect of the wide and splashy creamy white margin outlining the darker center of the leaf. Outstanding specimen. Slug resistant. $20.00
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'Rocket's Red Glare' NEW 2012 MEDIUM (12" high by 30" wide.) A hosta collector’s delight! Prominent red petioles with red pigment flowing about one third of the way up the midrib on both sides of the leaves are what make this hosta so desirable. The shiny, green leaves of good substance also have attractive wavy margins. In late summer, horizontally arched, deep red scapes carry the lavender striped flowers. Intro Year: 2011 Breeder: Stegman. $17.00
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'Royal Mouse Ears' DWARF (8” high by 18” wide.) Leaf Detail: Streaked 2 1/2” long by 1 7/8” wide; blue-green with many gold and creamy white streaks throughout the blade; smooth texture; thick substance. Flowering: purple flowers on 12” scapes in July. Comments: sets the standard for variegated minis; beautifully streaked sport of ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ found by Emile & Jane Deckert in the early 2000s (2004 AHS registration). $25.00
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'Royal Standard' LARGE (26" high by 63" wide.) Large mounds of wavy, green, glossy, pointed leaves demonstrate both sun and drought tolerance. Fragrant, white flowers appear on 35" to 40" scapes in late summer; fragrance is most pronounced in the evening. A hybrid of H. plantaginea x H. sieboldiana. $17.00
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