Hosta | Beckoning |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Tim Saville 2002 |
Origin | 'Blue Angel' sport |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 30x24 cm (12x9 in.) |
Vein pairs | 15-16 |
Leaf color | (greenish-yellow>yellow),blue-green edge |
Variegation | medio, lutescent |
Leaf | good, tipped, wavy, a bit corrugated |
Petiole | |
Scape | |
Scape height | 100 cm (39 in.) |
Flower | near white |
Flower length | |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | limited/difficult |
Pod | |
Ploidy | |
Patents | PP18371 |
Info | PP18371 (25/12/2007). Lutescent. A 'Blue Angel' sport found in a UK nursery which had some years previously imported TC 'Blue Angel' stock from the dear old US of A [Tim]. Hosta 'Beckoning' is a unique new sport of 'Blue Angel' with a yellow center and wide blue-green margin on huge heart-shaped leaves. The yellow center is slow to develop in cooler parts of the garden. |
Sports | 'Polar Night' sport/gg |
Progeny | |