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| Hosta | Dick Ward |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Handy Hatfield 1991 |
| Origin | 'Zounds' sport |
| Size category | medium - large |
| Plant height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 28x27 cm (11x11 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 15-16 |
| Leaf color | golden yellow,dark green edge |
| Variegation | medio |
| Leaf | thick, cupped, very corrugated, wavy |
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| Scape | |
| Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
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| Flowering period | June - July |
| Fertile | yes |
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| Patents | |
| Info | Large mound of rounded bright gold leaves with a wide dark green margin. Leaves are somewhat cupped and nicely puckered. Near white flowers in June. A sport of `Zounds'. Excellent color. Beautiful light yellow. green center with irregular dark green margin. Pale lavender flowers in July. Foliage is yellow to yellowish-green with an irregular green margin, leathery and puckered at maturity. A sport of 'Zounds'. Violet flowers. Winner of the President's Exhibitors Award at the 1996 AHS Convention. A golden heavy-textured, round-leaved 'Zounds' with wide green margins! Awesome. Zounds sport green edge gold center. |
| Sports | 'Alligator Alley' sport/yb 'Dick's Green Carpet' sport/gg 'Prime Minister' sport/gg |
| Progeny | 'Hotel California' seedling |