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| Hosta | Blue Cadet |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Florence Shaw/Paul Aden 1974 |
| Origin | 'Tokudama' seedling |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 38x95 cm (15x37 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 13x10 cm (5x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 8-9 |
| Leaf color | blue-green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | cordate, tapered point |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | leafy |
| Scape height | 50 cm (20 in.) |
| Flower | purple |
| Flower length | 4.5 cm (1.8 in.) |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
| Patents | |
| Info | 12" tall. Light Shade. 2½ inch bluish green leaves come to a tapered point. Medium lavender flowers in June. A fast growing blue edger. Forms compact small mounds. Hosta 'Blue Cadet' forms a perfectly round medium sized clump to 15" wide of heart shaped blue leaves. This crowd favorite is equally at home in a border or as a specimen. Medium lavender flowers on 28" scapes adorn the clumps in late spring...time honored as one of the best! Small rounded blue-green leaves w/good texture, nice edging plant; lavender flowers. 50 - 90 % shade. The durable blue round leaves form a tight mound. Brings that great blue color to small garden spaces or containers. Very dependable. (Plant 28x16) Small blue leaves with heavy texture. Forms a neat mound and multiplies very quickly. Lavender flowers. The same blue-green leaf color as H. 'Blue Boy' but with some subtle differences. These flat heart shaped leaves (5"x4") have a heavy texture. Forms a nice dense clump quickly. A good edger plant. 16"x28". Blooms lavender. Shade to 1/2 sun. Growth rapid. Nice mound of gray/green foliage. Heavy bloom on short scapes. |
| Sports | 'A 10 Hut' sport/os 'Baby Doll' sport/yb 'Blue Mouse Ears' sport/bb 'Kiwi Blue Flash' sport/o 'Medal of Honor' sport/yg 'Plebe's Blues' sport/os 'Quinnipiac' sport/bw 'Ravenwood' sport/os 'Special Forces' sport/os 'Toy Soldier' sport/gw |
| Progeny | 'Bashful' seedling 'Beauty Little Blue' = PP x clausa var. normalis 'Blue Cadet Edina' seedling 'Blue Heaven' = PP x 'Aden 355' 'Blueberry Tart' = PP x 'Fall Bouquet' 'Booka' seedling 'Childhood Fantasy' = 'Elvis Lives' x PP 'Daniel' hybrid 'Gold Edger ' selfed 'Kiwi Canoe' selfed 'Lakeside Neat Petite' = venusta x PP 'Lynne' hybrid 'Margie Weissenberger' hybrid 'Pauline Brac' hybrid 'Red Cadet' = 'Riptide' x PP 'Serendipity' = PP x 'Tokudama' 'Stephen' hybrid 'Tet-A-Poo' = venusta x PP 'Tot Tot' = PP x venusta |