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HostaRed Sox

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Roy Herold/AHS/Walek 2009

Originlongipes f. hypoglauca x 'Maruba Iwa'

Size categorysmall - medium

Plant height x width38x60 cm (15x24 in.)

Leaf length x width18x11 cm (7x4 in.)

Vein pairs9-10

Leaf colordark green

Variegation 

Leafshiny

Petiolepurple-red

Scape 

Scape height 

Flowerlight purple

Flower length 

Fragrant 

Flowering periodSeptember - October

Fertileyes

Poddark green

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoMedium green, shiny, round leaves with red petioles whose color extends onto the leaf. Light lavender flowers on dark red scapes. Blooms mid September.
This is one of Roy Herold's famous red-stemmed plants that surprised everyone when 'Cinnamon Sticks' came out. This is the biggest of them, growing over a foot tall and two feet wide. Petiole color, like the others, is a very good red. This plant was offered by Hatfield years ago, but has not been around really since his nursery disappeared. Rare and hard to find.

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Progeny'Little Red Joy' = PP x 'Wiggle Worms'
'Little Red Rooster' = 'Wiggle Worms' x PP
'Valley's Hot Legs' seedling
'Valley's Poker Face' = PP x hypoleuca
'Valley's Red Dad' seedling