| Hosta | Beet Salad |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Bob Solberg 2009 |
| Origin | "clausa f. normalis F2" x (x 'Strawberry Banana Smoothie') |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 28x65 cm (11x26 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 17x8 cm (7x3 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 5-6 |
| Leaf color | pale green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | thin, a bit wavy |
| Petiole | red |
| Scape | beet red |
| Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
| Flower | purple |
| Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July - August - September |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | red |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | This is very unique hosta and a hybridizer's dream. Yes, I am letting the genie out of the bottle. 'Beet Salad' has beet red petioles and beet red scapes with rich purple flowers in July to be sure, but it also has a thin, beet red margin, if only one vein wide. This hosta has great pollen and does set red seed pods and appears to pass along the red margin. It is the first wave of the future of red hostas. Named for a wonderful meal in Minnesota. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Considering Concordville' = PP x 'Grateful Red' 'First Blush' = PP x "48/49 seedling" 'Lemon Kiss' = 'Smiley Face' x PP 'Lipstick Sunset' = (laevigata x ('Liberty Bell' x ('Urajiro Hachijo' x pycnophylla)) x ('Liberty Bell' x yingeri)) x PP |