Hosta | Dick Ward |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Handy Hatfield 1991 |
Origin | 'Zounds' sport |
Size category | medium - large |
Plant height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 28x27 cm (11x11 in.) |
Vein pairs | 15-16 |
Leaf color | golden yellow,dark green edge |
Variegation | medio |
Leaf | thick, cupped, very corrugated, wavy |
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Scape | |
Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
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Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | yes |
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Patents | |
Info | Large mound of rounded bright gold leaves with a wide dark green margin. Leaves are somewhat cupped and nicely puckered. Near white flowers in June. A sport of `Zounds'. Excellent color. Beautiful light yellow. green center with irregular dark green margin. Pale lavender flowers in July. Foliage is yellow to yellowish-green with an irregular green margin, leathery and puckered at maturity. A sport of 'Zounds'. Violet flowers. Winner of the President's Exhibitors Award at the 1996 AHS Convention. A golden heavy-textured, round-leaved 'Zounds' with wide green margins! Awesome. Zounds sport green edge gold center. |
Sports | 'Alligator Alley' sport/yb 'Dick's Green Carpet' sport/gg 'Prime Minister' sport/gg |
Progeny | 'Hotel California' seedling |