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| Hosta | Silver Mine |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Alex Malloy 1999 |
| Origin | 'Outhouse Delight' seedling |
| Size category | mini |
| Plant height x width | 5x15 cm (2x6 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 3x2 cm (1x1 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 3 |
| Leaf color | green, edge,white |
| Variegation | streaked, viridescent |
| Leaf | shiny, lance |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 40 cm (16 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
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| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | |
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| Ploidy | |
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| Info | 1" tall plant with 1x1" lightly wavy, shiny, lance shaped white speckled leaves. This tiny curiosity is a seedling from 'Outhouse Delight'. One inch leaves emerge white in the spring and gradually develop green specks through the season. By late summer, the lightly wavy foliage of Hosta 'Silver Mine' will be mostly green, but misted with white. Slow growing and will need some morning sun and even moisture to prosper. Makes a tiny mound just 1-2" high and 4-6" across. Pale lavender flowers in mid summer. |
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| Progeny | 'Giantland Symmetry' = PP x 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' |