Hosta | Shark's Tooth |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Frank Nyikos 2005 |
Origin | venusta x 'Teaspoon' |
Size category | small |
Plant height x width | 15x46 cm (6x18 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 5x5 cm (2x2 in.) |
Vein pairs | 5-6 |
Leaf color | gray-green |
Variegation | |
Leaf | serrated, a bit cupped, a bit folded, a bit wavy |
Petiole | |
Scape | |
Scape height | 45 cm (18 in.) |
Flower | whitish,striped |
Flower length | 4 cm (1.6 in.) |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | yes |
Pod | whitish green |
Ploidy | |
Patents | |
Info | This sibling to 'Queue' is the carpet making sibling from venusta x 'Teaspoon'. The slightly stoleniferous growth habit of this diminutive hosta provides the means for spreading once established. Both 'Queue' and 'Shark's Tooth' are my first at purposefully reproducing a serrated edge. |
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