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HostaA Many-splendored Thing

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Ed Elslager 1999

Origin'Dorothy Benedict' x hypoleuca

Size categoryvery large

Plant height x width60x110 cm (24x43 in.)

Leaf length x width29x24 cm (11x9 in.)

Vein pairs17-18

Leaf colordark green,golden yellow edge

Variegationedge

Leafheavy, corrugated

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Scape 

Scape height75 cm (30 in.)

Flowerpale lavender

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Flowering periodJune - July

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InfoMr. Elslager's large sieboldiana type selection from H.'Dorothy Benedict' x H.hypoleuca cross produces very large leaves with a dark green center. A very wide greenish yellow margin circles the nearly round corrugated leaves. Pale lavender flowers midsummer. Cupped, rugose and shiny.
24" high, upright, plant with a dark green center and a 2.75" wide, rippled, golden yellow margin, slightly shiny on top and glaucous bloom underneath, lightly cupped, moderatly corrugated, nearly round leaf with heavy substance.

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