Hosta | venusta |
Status | species |
Originator(s) | Fumio Maekawa 1935/AHS 1993 |
Origin | Cheju/Quelpart Island,Korea |
Size category | small |
Plant height x width | 8x10 cm (3x4 in.) |
Leaf length x width | |
Vein pairs | 3-5 |
Leaf color | green |
Variegation | |
Leaf | dull top, shiny under, ovate |
Petiole | |
Scape | lamellar ridges |
Scape height | 25 cm (10 in.) |
Flower | violet,dk veins |
Flower length | |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | yes/breeder |
Pod | |
Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
Patents | |
Info | ='Otome'. JN: Otome Giboushi = "(beautiful) maiden hosta". KN: Hanra-bibich'u. AGM. Miniature mound of dark green leaves and lavender flowers. A dwarf species, forming a very small mound of green foliage. Multiplies quickly. Purple flowers. 0-100% shade. Smaller clumps to four inches, deep green, creeping rhizome, flowers violet. Dark satiny green; slightly undulate, oval to heart; some red on scapes. Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. Does best in a rich, moist soil in light, dappled shade. Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped, violet flowers on 10" scapes. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds. |
Sports | 'Abiqua Miniature' sport or seedling 'Japan No. 1' sport or hybrid 'Ki Nakafu Otome' sport or seedling 'Kyokko' sport or seedling 'Maurice Mason' sport or seedling 'Nikko' sport/gc 'Pinwheel' sport/wg 'Rumpelstielzchen' sport or hybrid 'Striker' sport/gw venusta 'Crater's Heart' sport/wg venusta 'Crater's Rim' sport/gy venusta 'Suzuki Thumbnail' sport or hybrid 'Wedding Band' sport/gy |
Progeny | 'Abiqua Jim Dandy' seedling 'Akarana' hybrid 'Alpine Dream' = PP x (x venusta) 'Amanuma' = PP x capitata 'Anne-Marie' seedling 'Appetizer' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Bright Lights') x PP 'Arrowhead' seedling 'Awesome' seedling 'Ballerina' seedling 'Blue Eyes' seedling 'Brooklynn's Baby Doll' = PP x clausa 'Brutus' = 'Sea Drift' x PP 'Cat's Eyes' hybrid 'Cody' = 'Shining Tot' x PP 'Collector's Choice' seedling 'Concordia Petite' = PP x 'Golden Tiara' 'Craig's Temptation' hybrid 'Devon Red' selection 'Elsley Runner' seedling 'Emerson's Small One' = "lance-leaved seedling" x PP 'Emoticon' = 'Gold Regal' x PP 'Evening Gown' = montana 'Chirifu' x PP 'Fairy Ring' seedling 'Flatliner' = "seedling #95-201" x PP 'Frensham Glow Worm' seedling 'Gemstone' = PP x 'Dorset Blue' 'Gold Drop' = PP x 'August Moon' 'Golden Cherub' seedling 'Golden Gem' hybrid 'Golden Maid' seedling 'Gosan Gold Midget' = PP x 'Golden Prayers' 'Green Fingers' hybrid 'Green Quarter' = 'Beatrice' x PP 'Harold's Thumb' seedling 'Herbie' = PP x (x 'Saishu Jima') 'Hime Komachi' seedling 'Honey Moon' = PP x 'August Moon' 'Hush Puppie' = (x (x 'Beatrice')) x PP 'Kii Hime' selection 'Kinbotan' seedling 'Lakeside Neat Petite' = PP x 'Blue Cadet' 'Leather Sheen' = 'Sum and Substance' x PP 'Little Big Man' = 'Gold Regal' x PP 'Little Fellow' selfed 'Little Sunfield' = 'Yellow Splash' x PP 'Lorna' = nakaiana x PP 'Minuta' seedling 'Misty Morning' hybrid 'Neutrino' seedling 'New Wave' = 'Sum and Substance' x PP 'Nishikigawa' = ('Swoosh' x venusta) x PP 'Number One' hybrid 'Paradise Puppet' hybrid 'Pearl Buttons' seedling 'Pepin the Short' = 'Surprised by Joy' x PP 'Pipin the Short' = 'Captain Atom' x PP 'Queue' = PP x 'Teaspoon' 'Rock Island Line' = 'Flamboyant' x PP 'Rock Master' hybrid 'Shark's Tooth' = PP x 'Teaspoon' 'Shikow' hybrid 'Shining Tot' = PP x 'Rock Master' 'Squirt' seedling 'Surprised by Joy' = 'Flamboyant' x PP 'Tet-A-Poo' = PP x 'Blue Cadet' 'Thumb Nail' hybrid 'Tiny Tears' hybrid 'Tiny Temple Chimes' selection 'Tom Thumb' seedling 'Tot Tot' = 'Blue Cadet' x PP 'Valley's Sand Dance' = PP x longipes f. hypoglauca 'Venucosa' = PP x ventricosa 'Venus Star' hybrid venusta 'Porter' selection venusta 'Shikoku' hybrid 'Yellow Tears' hybrid |