Hosta | Dream Queen |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Jan van den Top/AHS/G. Alley 2020 |
Origin | 'Great Expectations' sport |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 30x25 cm (12x10 in.) |
Vein pairs | 16-19 |
Leaf color | (yellow>creamy white),broad blue-green edge |
Variegation | medio |
Leaf | thick, corrugated, a bit cupped, wavy |
Petiole | |
Scape | creamy |
Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
Flower | near white,striped |
Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
Fragrant | N |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | yes |
Pod | pale yellowish-green |
Ploidy | |
Patents | |
Info | H. sieboldiana group. Similar to 'Thunderbolt' & 'Dream Weaver'. Halfway in between two outstanding hostas - the all-blue 'Elegans' and the finicky gold-centered 'Great Expectations' - lies another of our queenly hostas. It could get big. |
Sports | 'Collector's Dream' sport/wb 'Ice King' sport/wg |
Progeny | 'Ice Queen' = PP x 'Ice Age Trail' 'Impressive Reject' seedling 'Lady Gloria' = 'Sea Gulf Stream' x PP 'Lord Manywrinkles' selfed |