| Hosta | Packer Backer |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Rod Lysne 2021 |
| Origin | 'Abiqua Recluse' sport |
| Size category | medium - large |
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| Leaf length x width | 25x18 cm (10x7 in.) |
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| Leaf color | dark green,(chartreuse>golden yellow) edge |
| Variegation | edge |
| Leaf | heavy, corrugated |
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| Info | Choosing the right name for hosta registration and introductions is always a challenge. Whatever the moniker, it needs to fit. While watching the Packers play this evening, everything (except a win) came together. The Pack colors of green and bright gold are just those of this year's introduction. From its parent 'Packer Backer' inherited heavy leaf substance and a very pebbled expression at maturity. The leaf center is dark green. The 1" margins start the season with a golden-chartreuse expression, but change quickly to an INTENSE GOLD which holds through high summer, slowly taking a cream yellow expression in late season. It has proven to be the most intense gold bordered hosta we grow. Variegation has been totally stable. Semi-mounded expression, spreading to about 38"; leaves about 7" by 10". To be anything other than a Packer backer in Wis. is to flirt with danger, but even if you are a Bears, Vikings, Lions or Patriots backer, we trust you will be a fan of 'PACKER BACKER'. (Best given some morning sun.) |
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