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HostaYellow Splash

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Paul Aden 1976

Origin'Aden 270' x 'Aden 275'

Size categorysmall - medium

Plant height x width23x28 cm (9x11 in.)

Leaf length x width15x5 cm (6x2 in.)

Vein pairs5

Leaf colorgreen,streaked,yellow,cream

Variegationstreaked, unstable

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Scape height75 cm (30 in.)

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Flowering periodAugust

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InfoStreaked breeder:***
Green with a streaky yellow edge. Lavender flowers. May be unstable.
Reverts to all yellow or margined.
Different forms? According to the description it should flower Augustus-September, mine flowers June-July!
See "TAMING THE WILD ONES" [THJ17/2:28-29] for some of his sports. Herb advices to plant it in poor sandy soil, in shade, to slow down it's growth and keep it streaked.

Sports'Gay Feather' sport/cg
'Green Blade' sport/gg
'Yellow Blade' sport/yy
'Yellow Splash Rim' sport/gy

Progeny'Bob Olson' selfed
'City Slicker' = PP x yingeri
'Double Vision' = PP x 'Halcyon'
'Ground Master' = PP x 'Neat Splash'
'Humdinger' selfed
'Hunters Ridge' = PP x 'Dorset Blue'
'Indian Feather' selfed
'Janie Girl' = PP x 'Kirkside Blue'
'Liberty Bell' = PP x 'Neat Splash'
'Little Sunfield' = PP x venusta
'Majestic' = (x 'Splashed Leather') x PP
'Marbled Cream' hybrid
'Neat Splash ' = PP x (x 'Fortunei Robusta')
'Olive Oil' = PP x hypoleuca
'Percy' selfed
'Scooter' hybrid
'Squiggles' = PP x 'Neat Splash'
'Swoosh' = PP x 'Neat Splash'
'Tiffany Tune' = PP x clausa var. normalis