Hosta | Lakeside Knickknack |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Mary Chastain 1994 |
Origin | "seedling" x 'Hydon Sunset' |
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Size category | small |
Plant height x width | 20x65 cm (8x26 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 9x6 cm (4x2 in.) |
Vein pairs | 7 |
Leaf color | green,streaked,green,yellow |
Variegation | streaked |
Leaf | ovate |
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Scape height | 70 cm (28 in.) |
Flower | pale purple,reblooms |
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Flowering period | July |
Fertile | yes/breeder |
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Info | Streaked breeder:***** 'Lakeside Knickknack' is a small, energetic plant that has three flowering periods each summer. It even sets seed all three times. It's a pod parent queen. As a seedling it won a section award in MI. On the way home in downtown Chicago a street marker read Knickknack. What could be a better name for an indescribable plant? This hosta is a 1994 registration and it has viable seed set. The ancestry is H. "seedling" x H. 'Hydon Sunset'. The leaves are ovate with a rounded base and have average substance. Small - rapid growing clump of streaked golden lime leaves edged in bright green, streaks are various shades of cream, yellow and green. Repeat bloom. Section winner in 1993 National. |
Sports | 'Lakeside Miss Muffet' sport/gw 'Lakeside Paddywack' sport/yg |
Progeny | 'Lakeside a Go Go' = PP x 'Lakeside Little Gem' 'Lakeside Cricket' hybrid 'Lakeside Down Sized' hybrid 'Lakeside Lime Tart' = PP x 'Lakeside Knickknack' 'Lakeside Scamp' hybrid 'Lakeside Tee Ki' seedling 'Lime Knack' = PP x "seedling" |