Hosta | Midwest Gold |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Violet Cooley 1969 |
Origin | 'Frances Williams' hybrid |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 50x100 cm (20x39 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 30x23 cm (12x9 in.) |
Vein pairs | 16 |
Leaf color | yellow |
Variegation | lutescent |
Leaf | thick, a bit cupped, corrugated |
Petiole | |
Scape | |
Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
Flower length | |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | |
Pod | |
Ploidy | |
Patents | |
Info | Heart-shaped, old-gold leaves. Lavender flowers in early summer. An older variety which should be better known. Slow grower, spring burn. |
Sports | 'Buggy Wheels' sport/wg 'Chariot Wheels' sport/gw 'Green Eclipse' sport/yg 'Larry Englerth' sport/yg 'Midwest Blue' sport/bb |
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