Hosta | Night Flight |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Don Dean 2015 |
Origin | 'One Man's Treasure' x ('Grand Slam' x 'Party Favor') |
Size category | medium |
Plant height x width | 40x100 cm (16x39 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 21x15 cm (8x6 in.) |
Vein pairs | 8-9 |
Leaf color | blue-green |
Variegation | |
Leaf | a bit rippled, twisted, very wavy |
Petiole | purple |
Scape | black-purple |
Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
Flower | lavender,bell |
Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | August |
Fertile | yes |
Pod | |
Ploidy | |
Patents | |
Info | Remember the persistent beat and rolling sound of 80's rock-n-roll? Now, take a look at the ruffles on these blue-green leaves held on black-purple petioles. The darkness extends into each leaf. Finally the clump is topped with pale lavender blooms on very dark scapes in August. |
Sports | |
Progeny | 'Endless Gift' = 'Top of the Mornin' x PP 'Ripples in Time' = ((((x 'Swoosh') x hypoleuca) x ('Urajiro Hachijo' x pycnophylla)) x 'High Kicker') x ('Grand Slam') x PP 'Twists and Turns' = PP x 'Sugar Plum Fairy' 'Xcuse Me' = 'Crimson Desire' x PP |