Hosta | Dragon Fire |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Wyatt Lefever/Bob Solberg 2005 |
Origin | 'Riptide' seedling |
Size category | very large |
Plant height x width | 66x122 cm (26x48 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 29x25 cm (11x10 in.) |
Vein pairs | 10-11 |
Leaf color | blue-green |
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Leaf | corrugated |
Petiole | purple |
Scape | gray-purple |
Scape height | 107 cm (42 in.) |
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Flowering period | July - August |
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Info | 'Dragon Fire' is the rare, very large red-petioled hosta hybridizers crave. Its large blue-green wax coated leaves are reminiscent of the shape of 'Dragon Wings' also from Wyatt Lefever. Purple scapes top off this medieval beast. Large, purple-petioled, leaves on a large clump of somewhat twisted gray-green foliage. |
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