Hosta | Amethyst Chip |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Herb & Dorothy Benedict 2000 |
Origin | 'Purple Verticulated Elf' selfed |
Size category | small |
Plant height x width | 15x40 cm (6x16 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 11x5 cm (4x2 in.) |
Vein pairs | 7-8 |
Leaf color | blue-green>dark green |
Variegation | |
Leaf | thick, very folded |
Petiole | |
Scape | purple,glaucous |
Scape height | |
Flower | pale lavender,bell |
Flower length | 4 cm (1.6 in.) |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | July - August |
Fertile | yes |
Pod | dark green |
Ploidy | |
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Info | H. 'Amethyst Chip' represents the end of the line of the Benedict blues. H. 'Amethyst Chip' forms a clump 7" heigh and 10" wide, holds its intense "purple blue" late into the season, and is fertile both ways. |
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