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HostaUnruly Child

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Tony Avent/Plant Delights Nursery 2012

Origin"seedling PDN 97-067" x "seedling PDN 97-094"

Size category 

Plant height x width30x65 cm (12x26 in.)

Leaf length x width20x10 cm (8x4 in.)

Vein pairs7

Leaf colordark green

Variegation 

Leafserrated, very shiny, very wavy, ruffled, twisted

Petiole 

Scapegreen

Scape height70 cm (28 in.)

Flowerpale lavender

Flower length3.5 cm (1.4 in.)

Fragrant 

Flowering periodJuly - August - September

Fertileno

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InfoHosta 'Unruly Child' is a 2015 Plant Delights Nursery introduction, derived from a complex series of crosses involving Hosta yingeri, Hosta hypoleuca, Hosta kikutii, Hosta longipes, Hosta sieboldiana, Hosta plantaginea, and Hosta sieboldii, finally culminating in 2005 with this hybrid. The result is a truly crazy hosta with more wiggles, undulations, and crests that we've ever seen in a hosta. If you like this kind of thing, this is exactly the kind of thing you'll like. The 1' tall x 26" wide clump of glossy green leaves are incredibly wavy, ruffled, and twisted. Hosta 'Unruly Child' is topped with 28" tall spikes of rather attractive lavender flowers in mid-August.

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