| Hosta | Elvis Lives |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Tony Avent 1995 |
| Origin | 'Peter Pan' x 'Green Fountain' |
| Size category | medium - large |
| Plant height x width | 65x120 cm (26x47 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 28x11 cm (11x4 in.) |
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| Leaf color | blue |
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| Leaf | good |
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| Flower | lavender |
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| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | yes/breeder |
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| Info | 18" tall. Part Sun to Light Shade. Wavy, tapered blue suede leaves. Medium lavender flowers in spring. Fountain shaped clump of blue-grey, medium sized leaves. The popularity of our 1990 cross of H. 'Peter Pan' x H. 'Green Fountain' has skyrocketed. With unique wavy tapered leaves of blue suede, and with H. 'Peter Pan' as a parent, you gotta believe that indeed Elvis Lives! The clump spreads to 36", and is topped with nice medium lavender flowers in early summer. A nice fountain-shaped plant with blue-green leaves & good substance; lav. flwrs. Long, narrow blue leaves with wavy edges on long arching petiols. Very unusual form. Lavender flowers. Long, velvety-blue leaves are held upright with gently wavy edges. Lavender flowers. |
| Sports | 'Elvis Lives streaked' sport/os 'Erikson Debut' sport/gg 'Quiet Life' sport/os |
| Progeny | 'ADEL' = 'Arch Duke' x PP 'Arctic Blast' = 'Komodo Dragon' x PP 'Atomic Elvis' = 'Atom Smasher' x PP 'Atomic Elvis Blue' = 'Atom Smasher' x PP 'Atomic Elvis Green' = 'Atom Smasher' x PP 'Blue Bayou_' = PP x 'Blue Diamond' 'Blue Cascade' = longipes var. latifolia 'Urajiro' x PP 'Blue Lazer' = PP x 'Blue Diamond' 'Caesar Salad' = ('Korean Snow' x 'Maekawa') x PP 'Carrie' = plantaginea x PP 'Centennial Sky' seedling 'Childhood Fantasy' = PP x 'Blue Cadet' 'Dancing in the Dark' = 'Venetian Blue' x PP 'Deliverance' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'Echoes' = 'Reptilian' x PP 'Electrocution' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'ELP' = PP x plantaginea 'Elvis on Stage' = PP x 'On Stage' 'First Lady' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'Frenzy' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'Get Nekkid' = PP x 'Treasure Island' 'Graceland' seedling 'Homespun' = 'Fried Green Tomatoes' x PP 'Lisa Marie' = PP x 'Tiny Tears' 'Lost at Sea' hybrid 'Marlu's Carrie Lynn' = 'Little Wonder' x PP 'Marlu's Evelyn Lucile' = 'Little Wonder' x PP 'Marlu's Sandra Jill' = 'Little Wonder' x PP 'Montel' = montana 'Aureomarginata' x PP 'Predetermined' = 'Splish Splash' x PP 'Skinny Dippin' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'Sugar Daddy_' = PP x plantaginea 'Swinger' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x PP 'Triangulation' = "seedling PDN 95-349" x PP |