| Hosta | Banana Boat |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Eleanor & Bill Lachman 1991 |
| Origin | 'Lachman 81-9' x 'Reversed' |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 35x43 cm (14x17 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 15x11 cm (6x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 17 |
| Leaf color | pale yellow,dark green edge |
| Variegation | medio |
| Leaf | good, leatherly |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | leafy bracts |
| Scape height | 37 cm (15 in.) |
| Flower | violet,flared |
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| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | no |
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| Patents | |
| Info | Yellow/green edge, boatlike. Rounded, elongated leaf of dark green with wide, light yellow center. Cupped like a boat with leathery substance. Unique in every way. Medium sized dark green oval leaf with wide light yellow center. It's cupped like a boat (like a canoe!) and has fabulous substance. Hey Mr. Tallyman, tally me bananas ... now I have you singing! This medium to small hosta from the Lachmans is still very expensive. It grows slowly and was originally sold through Handy Hatfield. Its ancestry is listed as a hosta taken from the Lachmans' H. 'Carnival' and H. 'Galaxy' series x H. 'Reversed'. The plant is medio-variegated with a light yellow-cream center surrounded by a dark blue-green edge and has good substance. A long time coming to the marketplace but still unique in every way...the dark green leaves are rounded and elongated displaying a wide light yellow center. They are cupped like a boat and have a leathery substance. A slow grower and will take 2-3 years to get established. Attractive violet flowers. A very unique hosta on the smaller side of medium rounded and elongated leaves have a bright yellow center and dark green margins. They are cupped like a boat and have a leathery substance with a slight sheen. A slow grower but plants being offered are 2-3 years old. Attractive violet flowers. |
| Sports | 'Banana Boat sport/blue' sport/bb 'Cucumber Boat' sport/gg |
| Progeny | |