Hosta | Paradise Joyce |
Status | not registered |
Originator(s) | Marco Fransen |
Origin | 'Halcyon' sport |
Size category | medium |
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Leaf color | (blue-green>yellow>white),blue edge |
Variegation | medio, albescent |
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Flower | lavender |
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Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
Patents | PP12119, EUPBR8667, CAPBR2095 |
Info | PP12119 (2/10/2001), EUPBR8667, CAPBR2095. This one comes from Marco Fransen of Holland and is named for his wife, Joyce. It is a mutation of H. 'Halcyon' and comes up almost plain blue, colors up with a yellow center resembling H. 'June', and finally, the center turns an almost white-yellow that holds till the end of the season. This was the last hosta to go down this year. Lavender flowers late in the summer. |
Sports | 'Paradise Sandstorm' sport/o |
Progeny | 'Heart Strings' = PP x 'Fire Island' 'Parchment Paper' = PP x 'Purple Haze' 'Saratoga Sunrise' seedling |