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| Hosta | Betsy King |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Frances Williams 1943/AHS 1986 |
| Origin | 'Decorata' x sieboldii |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 40x60 cm (16x24 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 13x6 cm (5x2 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 5-7 |
| Leaf color | green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | glossy |
| Petiole | purple dotted |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
| Flower | deep purple,bell,floriferous |
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| Flowering period | August - September |
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| Patents | |
| Info | ='FRW# 502'. Mrs. Williams thought it to be a decorata x lancifolia hybrid. Shiny, blunt tipped green leaves in an upright clump with extremely long stippled petioles. A large number of deep purple flowers on each 24" scape. August blooms. Glossy green leaves w/blunt-tipped, upright habit and deep purple flowers. 0 - 100 % shade. Glossy, dark green oval leaves on upright stems. Very floriferous. Purple flowers. An upright deep green plant, with a "nosegay" of dark purple flowers. |
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