Hosta | Abiqua Moonbeam |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Walden West 1987 |
Origin | 'August Moon' sport |
Size category | medium - large |
Plant height x width | 65x75 cm (26x30 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 23x20 cm (9x8 in.) |
Vein pairs | 11-12 |
Leaf color | green,golden yellow edge |
Variegation | edge |
Leaf | good, corrugated |
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Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
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Flowering period | July - August |
Fertile | yes |
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Info | ='Mayan Moon'? 15" tall. Light Shade. Blue green heart shaped/round leaves with pale lime irregular margin. Bell shaped pale lavender flowers in early summer. Very vigorous. Fertile. Margin, yellow intensifying to 1½ inch brilliant gold band. This vigorous and easy to grow 1987 release from Dr. Chuck Purtymun is a real prize for hosta lovers. This sport of H. 'August Moon' has round corrugated blue green leaves with a wide lime gold margin. In early summer, the 3' wide clumps are topped with near white flowers...truly spectacular! A sport of H. 'August Moon', leaf has a wide gold margin around a blue-green center; lavender flowers. A sport of 'August Moon' (the same sport as 'Mayan Moon'), with dark green leaves with a wide gold margin. White flowers. A sport of the classic 'August Moon', it has a wide border of gold around the blue-green center. Highly attractive! Lavender flowers. Medium blue-green plant, wide irregular lime-green margins on the leaves. Pale lavendar flowers. Blue - green center with irregular lime - green margins. This is the original mutation from 'August Moon'. Lavender flowers in July. |
Sports | 'Abiqua Moonbeam sport Meyer/wide yellow edge' sport/gy 'Gemini Moon' sport/gy 'Velvet Moon' sport/gy |
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