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HostaLakeside Ladyfinger

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Mary Chastain 1997

Origin"seedling" x "seedling"

Size categorysmall

Plant height x width 

Leaf length x width 

Vein pairs 

Leaf coloryellow,cream edge

Variegationedge

Leaf 

Petiole 

Scape 

Scape height 

Flowerpurple

Flower length 

Fragrant 

Flowering period 

Fertile 

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoHosta 'Lakeside Ladyfinger' is a small, low-growing plant of curly lance-shaped leaves. Its soft spring colors of yellow, lime and white are enriched by the graceful scapes of purple flowers. It is a 1997 introduction and produces viable seed. The ancestry is "Lakeside seedling" x "Lakeside seedling." The pods are red-purple. The leaf is lance-shaped with a tapered base [MC].
Small - yellow to lime leaves have a wide ruffled cream white border.
Leaves seem to be curling over each other.

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