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| Hosta | Alligator Shoes |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Herb Benedict/Handy Hatfield/AHS/Walek 2009 |
| Origin | 'Dorothy Benedict' x montana |
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| Size category | medium - large |
| Plant height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) |
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| Vein pairs | 13 |
| Leaf color | blue-green,narrow (yellow>creamy white) edge |
| Variegation | edge |
| Leaf | pebbled |
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| Scape | |
| Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
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| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
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| Patents | |
| Info | Seedling of Dorothy Benedict. Broad tapered blue green with white edge. The mature leaves have this incredible pebbling on surface like alligator hide & good substance. A Dr. Benedict masterpiece. A cross of Dr. Benedict between H. 'Dorothy Benedict' and H. montana and grown on by Handy Hatfield. The leaf is broad with a tapered point that twists slightly and displays a unique frosty blue-green color with a white border. The immature leaf is smooth but as the plant matures the leaf develops a pebbling on the surface. Slow to multiply and does better with a full morning of sun. Lavender flowers on a typically H. montana scape. |
| Sports | 'Crocodile Socks' sport/gc 'See Ya Later' sport/yy |
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