Hosta | Alligator Alley |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Walters Gardens 2012 |
Origin | 'Dick Ward' sport |
Size category | medium - large |
Plant height x width | 40x60 cm (16x24 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 35x25 cm (14x10 in.) |
Vein pairs | 13-14 |
Leaf color | (chartreuse>yellow),blue-green edge |
Variegation | medio |
Leaf | corrugated |
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Scape | chartreuse |
Scape height | 65 cm (26 in.) |
Flower | near white |
Flower length | 6.5 cm (2.6 in.) |
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Flowering period | June - July |
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Info | Aptly named, this medium to large sized hosta forms a coarsely textured mound of leathery, puckered, heart-shaped to round leaves of good substance. It is a wide-margined sport of the long-popular 'Dick Ward', which is named for one of the most accomplished Hosta breeders in the US. Its leaves display wide, blue-green margins with chartreuse centers that become yellow in summer. Near-white flowers appear atop chartreuse scapes in early summer. |
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