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HostaSails Ho

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Ran Lydell 1995

Origin'Krossa Regal' sport

Size category 

Plant height x width30x60 cm (12x24 in.)

Leaf length x width18x11 cm (7x4 in.)

Vein pairs8-9

Leaf color(white>greenish-white),green edge

Variegationmedio, viridescent

Leafheavy, very twisted, wavy

Petiole 

Scapeblue-green

Scape height75 cm (30 in.)

Flowerbell

Flower length4.5 cm (1.8 in.)

Fragrant 

Flowering periodJuly - August

Fertileno

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoStreaked breeder:*
Sterile?
Ran Lydell's 'Sails Ho' is a plant that always gets the star treatment first in the spring. When most hostas are just a promise of the colors they will soon show, 'Sails Ho' is the prettiest thing in the garden when the hostas are unfurling.
'Sails Ho' is a stable form of a streaked 'Krossa Regal' found by Pete Ruh.
Rarely offered by any nurseries.
It forms a fairly large plant that's about 2/3 the size of 'Krossa Regal'.
Soon after unfurling the glorious nearly pure white centers slowly begin to be covered in tiny specks of green like the reverse of a snowfall as the spring wears on.

Sports'Dress White' sport/wg
'Yellow Sails' sport/os

Progeny