Hosta | Gunsmoke |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Roy Herold 2000 |
Origin | 'Sagae' x 'Blue Piecrust' |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 0x165 cm (x65 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 40x24 cm (16x9 in.) |
Vein pairs | 9-13 |
Leaf color | blue-green |
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Leaf | rippled margin |
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Scape height | 90 cm (35 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
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Flowering period | June - July |
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Info | Hosta 'Gunsmoke' is one of the top hosta introductions of the millennium! This amazing Roy Herold hybrid (H. 'Sagae' x H. 'Blue Piecrust'), makes a giant 65" wide clump of rounded shiny metallic blue leaves (like H. 'Blue Umbrellas') with an amazing rippled margin. The vigorously growing large clumps are topped in late spring with 3' scapes of lavender flowers. 'Sagae' x 'Blue Piecrust'. 65" wide clump, appropriate blue green with piecrust. Tony Avent's choice from Herold's seedlings. leaf metalic blue/green broadly cordate, deeply veined. Lavender blooms on 3 ft scapes. |
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