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| Hosta | Bridegroom |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Herb & Dorothy Benedict/Hideko Gowen 1990 |
| Origin | 'Holly's Honey' selfed |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 41x86 cm (16x34 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | |
| Vein pairs | 6-7 |
| Leaf color | dark green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | twisted tip, upward tip |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 45 cm (18 in.) |
| Flower | lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | no |
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| Patents | |
| Info | Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award 2004 (Bob Olson). Dark green, shiny, ovate/triangular leaves. Leaf sides slope downward while twisted tip turns upward. Small undulations on margin. Lavender flowers on 18" scapes. Dark green leaves with a satiny-sheen, interesting mound of upward twisted and pointed leaves; lavender flowers. The dark, satin green leaves have a unique upward and twisted point. One of Benedict's best. 'Bridegroom' is a small 8 x 10 inch R.H. Benedict hybrid with small dark green leaves with a satiny sheen. The petiol and center part of the leaf extends upwards while the sides of the leaf blade slope downward. This is a unique hosta and the first of it's kind. Sold at 92 auctions for $500 and $200. Satiny dark green; triangular; twisted tip; rippled margin. |
| Sports | 'Bachelor Party' sport/gw 'Prairie Rose Eye' sport/os 'Unsung Hero' sport/gy 'Wedding Night' sport/os |
| Progeny | 'Bestman' seedling |