Hosta | Candlewood |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Pauline Banyai/Stuart Asch 2004 |
Origin | unknown |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 90x183 cm (35x72 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 33x20 cm (13x8 in.) |
Vein pairs | 14 |
Leaf color | green |
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Scape height | 150 cm (59 in.) |
Flower | near white |
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Flowering period | July |
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Info | Upright habit in the A.M. changing to mound-like in P.M. Profusion of flowers on 5 feet scapes. It's a big, robust plant that can be 6 ft. across. According to the registration, it has the unusual characteristic of being quite upright in the morning then slowly relaxing down into a mounded shape as the day wears on. The following morning it is standing up again to face the new day. Foliage mound gets 72" wide x 36" tall; mound like; upright in the morning and mound-like in afternoon; fast growing. Leaves are 13" long x 8" wide; 14 pair of veins; medium green leaves with a slightly rippled margin; petiole is light green with dark green edges; leaves are slightly shiny on top and underneath; lightly cupped and corrugated; broadly ovate. Bloom scapes are 40-56" in height. Near white flowers are 2-2.5" and tubular in mid July. |
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