| Hosta | June |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Neo Plants Ltd. 1991 |
| Origin | 'Halcyon' sport |
| Size category | small - medium |
| Plant height x width | 40x95 cm (16x37 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 15x10 cm (6x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 11-12 |
| Leaf color | (pale green>yellow),blue-green edge |
| Variegation | medio, lutescent |
| Leaf | thick, ovate |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
| Patents | EUPBR367,NLPBR14012,AUPBR1635 |
| Info | Patent EUPBR367, owned by John Woods Nurseries, formerly Notcutts Nurseries, after a management buyout (8/2007). Hosta of the Year for 2001 (HOTY). Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Award 2000 (Merv Eisel). Benedict Garden Performance Award 2009. 15" tall. Part Sun to Light Shade. This mutation of 'Halcyon' is unquestionably one of the most beautiful introductions in many years. Chartreuse center turns gold with blue edge that streaks into the center. Lavender flowers in August. Cream to gold leaves with blue-green shaded margins. Heavy substance, Pale lavender flowers. An excellent, powdery blue with a brilliant gold center. A choice foreground plant. 25-90% shade. From England, comes this wildly popular creamy centered sport of the old standard H. 'Halcyon'. Each leaf emerges with blue edges and a brilliant creamy center that gradually changes to dark chartreuse. This is one of those shockingly beautiful hostas that stands out as soon as you spot it in the garden. We recommend some morning sun for best coloration. The 15" wide clumps are topped with violet flowers in early summer on 20" scapes. One of the best new hostas to come to market in recent years! This super sport of H. 'Halcyon' has a leaf with a gold center and a wide blue margin. In cooler climates it will hold it's variegation all season but where it's warmer it may fade. Superior substance and pest resistance--when all the other hostas have gone to sleep in the fall you will probably still find H. 'June' hanging on. Lavender flowers. This is the new gold centered form of 'Halcyon'. The leaves are a rich, powdery gold, with a narrow blue edge. The color is best in fairly bright light, tending to yellow-green in deep shade. Flowers are pale lavender. I really don't think I've seen any new introductions that I like better than this one. A sport of Hosta 'Halcyon' bearing a very irregular blue-green margin with gold center. The center will turn to creamy-white in bright light. This hosta because it is a sport of 'Halcyon' has a very heavy substance leaf. A gold centered sport of H. 'Halcyon'. Attractive gold center with pointed leaves and a blue-green margin. Heavy substance. Very distinctive. Light to violet flowers late July on 16-20" scapes. The color fades some in the heat of summer. A English sport of 'Halcyon', the stunning gold center is bordered by a neat, blue-green margin. Excellent substance. Lavender flowers. A golden 'Halcyon' with green edge, pale lavendar flowers. |
| Sports | 'Early Times' sport/yy 'Endless Summer' sport/yy 'English Sunrise' sport/yy 'High Society' sport/wb 'June Fever' sport/yg 'June Gold' sport/yy 'June Present' sport/yb 'June's Gold' sport/yy 'Just June' sport/cb 'Kiwi Classic' sport/yg 'Kiwi Gold Star' sport/yg 'Kiwiana' sport/yg 'May' sport/yy 'OHS Juno' sport/ 'Prosperity' sport/yy 'Reese's Pieces' sport/yb 'Remember Me' sport/wb 'Ripple Effect' sport/yg 'Stand by Me' sport/yb 'Streaked June' sport/o 'Terry Wogan' sport/yy 'Touch of Class' sport/yb |
| Progeny | 'Aqua June' = 'Shining Tot' x PP 'Banana Split' = 'Neat Splash' x PP 'Blue Tooth' = PP x 'Azure Snow' 'Breeven's Roy' seedling 'Carolina Keepsake' = 'Corkscrew' x PP 'Cat Whiskers' seedling 'Elkhart Lake' = hypoleuca x PP 'Enduring Beacon' = 'Liberty Bell' x PP 'Fragrant Star' = 'Invincible' x PP 'Hervester Smaragd' = 'Korean Snow' x PP 'Jarno' = 'Korean Snow' x PP 'Sparklers' = yingeri x PP 'Talladega' = hypoleuca x PP 'Taunton' = 'Barry's Return' x PP 'Tilt-A-Whirl' = 'Corkscrew' x PP |