Hosta | Kiwi Hippo |
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Status | registered |
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Originator(s) | L. Phillips/Barry Sligh 1999 |
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Origin | hypoleuca x longipes |
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Size category | medium |
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Plant height x width | 70x180 cm (28x71 in.) |
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Leaf length x width | 38x26 cm (15x10 in.) |
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Vein pairs | 13-15 |
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Leaf color | yellowish-green>green |
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Leaf | purple sheath, thick, a bit unruly |
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Flower | lavender |
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Info | The leaves emerge in the spring a soft golden-green with an unusally large lavender to purple sheath at their base and they develop into huge strong green leaves, deeply veined, by early summer.
A cross of H. hypoleuca x H. longipes and has lavender flowers. |
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