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| Hosta | Old Faithful |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Bill Brincka/Olga Petryszyn 1991 |
| Origin | plantaginea x 'Regal Rhubarb' |
| Size category | large |
| Plant height x width | 58x90 cm (23x35 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 30x20 cm (12x8 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 11 |
| Leaf color | green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | leathery, glossy, rugose |
| Petiole | red |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 100 cm (39 in.) |
| Flower | nr white,flared |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | fragrant |
| Flowering period | August - September |
| Fertile | no |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | Twelve inch long corrugated green leaves with purple petioles. Near white fragrant flowers on 40" scapes. An outstanding new introduction from a cross of plantaginea and 'Regal Rhubarb'. Large green leaves, nicely veined with some puckering, are held upright on long dark purple petioles. Large fragrant near white flowers. Vase shape, red stems. Bred from the difficult H. plantaginea. After hundreds of tries, Indiana's master hybridizer Olga Petryszyn collected one.... the only seed. It grew to be a fast growing, glossy green hosta with reddish petioles. To Olga's satisfaction, the large white flowers are wonderfully fragrant and the form beautiful to look at. Give 'Old Faithful' a good amount of light for maximum flowering. A keeper! |
| Sports | 'Fragrant Fire' sport/gy |
| Progeny | |