| Hosta | Dorothy Benedict |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Herb Benedict 1983 |
| Origin | 'Frances Williams' selfed |
| Size category | large |
| Plant height x width | 60x120 cm (24x47 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 36x28 cm (14x11 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 15 |
| Leaf color | blue-green,streaked,chartreuse,cream |
| Variegation | streaked, unstable |
| Leaf | thick, very corrugated, cupped |
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| Flower | near white |
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| Flowering period | June - July |
| Fertile | yes/breeder |
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| Info | =sieboldiana 'Dorothy Benedict'. Streaked breeder:***** Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award 2007 (Jim Wilkins). Blue-green, streaked yellow, cordate, rugose. One plant sold for $3,000.00 at the 1997 Indy Convention auction. Leaves small, thick, cupped and puckered, glaucous blue with yellow streaking between the veins. A major breakthrough in hybridization as it was the first streaked hosta of H. sieboldiana lineage. Now a pod parent for a whole new line of streaked hostas. We obtained our mother plant from Herb and Dorothy's Michigan gardens. Round, puckered leaves with random splashes of cream and gold. A double division brought $3000.00 at the 1997 National Convention. Seedlings produce high proportion of variegated plants. 'Dorothy Benedict', the gold standard of hybridizing plants, is a seedling from 'Frances Williams' that never grew very well. It was exciting to have a streaked sieboldiana, but the poor growth rate of most of "DB" seedlings dampened enthusiasm somewhat over the years [Bill Meyer]. |
| Sports | 'Benedict's Blue' sport/bb 'Blu Dort' sport/bb 'Blue Form' sport/gg 'Bob the Builder' sport/bb 'Janet's Joy' sport/gg 'Lucky Fifty' sport/o 'Mean Mama' sport/yg 'Nifty Fifty' sport/gy |
| Progeny | 'A Big Splash' selfed 'A Many-splendored Thing' = PP x hypoleuca 'Alex' = PP x 'Elatior' 'Alice Blue Gown' seedling 'Alligator Shoes' = PP x montana 'American Gold Band' = PP x hypoleuca 'Anna Boynton' seedling 'Band of Gold' = PP x hypoleuca 'Bashful Polly' selfed 'Benedict Arnold' seedling 'Big and Blue' = PP x 'Blue Seer' 'Big Brass' = PP x montana f. macrophylla 'Big Fred' seedling 'Big Pizza Pie' = PP x 'Maekawa' 'Blast Off' = 'Mikado' x PP 'Blind Date' seedling 'Blue Belly' = (x 'Dorothy Benedict') x PP 'Blue Canopy' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Blue Plover' seedling 'Blues in the Night' selfed 'Boston Harbormaster' seedling 'Brilliance' seedling 'Celestial' = PP x hypoleuca 'Chairman of the Board' = PP x 'Elatior' 'Chocolate Ripple' = 'Fudge Ripple' x PP 'Cinderella' selfed 'Clyde's Birthday' seedling 'Congratulations' = PP x (x 'Purple Verticulated Elf') 'Continental Divide' = PP x ('Elatior' x 'Niagara Falls') 'Cosmic Brother' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Cosmic Hippie' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Cosmic Kid' = PP x 'Cosmic Hippie' 'Cosmic Rainbow' = 'Cosmic Hippie' x PP 'Cosmic Sister' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Cuyahoga' = PP x 'Swoosh' 'Dandy Randy' selfed 'Dazzling' = PP x 'Maekawa' 'Dean's List' seedling 'Dorothy's Child' = PP x 'Hot Flash' 'Earth, Wind, and Fire' seedling 'Edward Elslager' seedling 'Eggs Benedict' = PP x 'Incredible Hunk' 'Feathered Friend' seedling 'Feisty' seedling 'Final Answer' = PP x hypoleuca 'Frensham Airbrush Paints' = PP x (x yingeri) 'Geneva' seedling 'George W.' = PP x 'Incredible Hunk' 'Gil Jones' selfed 'Go Dorothy' seedling 'Gold Dorothy of Richland' hybrid 'Grace Like Rain' seedling 'Grand Maw JoAnn' hybrid 'Grand One' = 'Grandchild' x PP 'Grandchild' seedling 'Gunther' seedling 'Hanjas The One' seedling 'Heavenly Beginnings' = PP x 'Elatior' 'Herb Benedict' = PP x 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' 'Hideko Gowen' selfed 'Hot Flash' selfed 'Huron Blue' hybrid 'In Sook' = PP x montana 'Jealousy' = PP x montana 'Jim Wilkins' selfed 'Ladies First' = PP x 'Frances Williams' 'Lickity Split' = PP x pycnophylla 'Looking Good' = PP x 'Shining Tot' 'Lovely to Behold' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Lover's Leap' = PP x 'Nooner' 'Lumberjack' hybrid 'Ma Breeder' = (x 'Dorothy Benedict') x PP 'MacBenedict' hybrid 'Made from Scratch' seedling 'Mary Schwartzbauer' seedling 'Master of Ceremonies' = PP x 'Elatior' 'Miss Tokyo' = PP x montana 'Aureomarginata' 'Misty Mary Ann' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Moonrise' seedling 'My Friend Nancy' = PP x montana 'Chirifu' 'My Love Dorothy' selfed 'My Mom' = PP x 'Fudge Ripple' 'Our Friend Reldon' seedling 'Outrageous' = PP x montana 'Aureomarginata' 'Plain Jane' seedling 'Pretty One' = PP x 'Dorset Clown' 'Rainbow Glenn' = PP x (x 'Outrageous') 'Red Hot Poker' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Rod Kuenster' = PP x 'Blue Belly' 'Roller Coaster' = PP x hypoleuca 'Roseann Walter' seedling 'Ruby Benedict' = PP x 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' 'Sails at Sunset' = PP x hypoleuca 'Seducer' selfed 'Silk Kimono' = PP x montana 'Simply Sharon' seedling 'Skyward' = PP x hypoleuca 'Song Sung Blues' = PP x 'Maekawa' 'Sportscaster' seedling 'Spring Break' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict') 'Stan Kuk' = PP x 'Rippling Waves' 'Stand-up America' seedling 'Stellar by Starlight' = PP x hypoleuca 'Summer Palace' seedling 'Super Star' = PP x 'Maekawa' 'Surf and Turf' = PP x 'Incredible Hunk' 'Teacher's Pet' = PP x montana 'Two Ladies' = PP x 'Jean Harlow' 'Unexpected Pleasure' = PP x montana 'Van Wade' = PP x 'Northern Lights' 'Warwick Curtsey' = PP x nakaiana 'Wilson Lake' seedling 'Xanadu Contemplation' selfed 'Xanadu Odd Pod' seedling |