Hosta "Alligator Shoes" review
Seedling of Dorothy Benedict. Broad tapered blue green with white edge. The mature leaves have this incredible pebbling on surface like alligator hide & good substance. A Dr. Benedict masterpiece. A cross of Dr. Benedict between Hosta 'Dorothy Benedict' and Hosta montana and grown on by Handy Hatfield. The leaf is broad with a tapered point that twists slightly and displays a unique frosty blue-green color with a white border. The immature leaf is smooth but as the plant matures the leaf develops a pebbling on the surface. Slow to multiply and does better with a full morning of sun. Lavender flowers on a typically Hosta montana scape.
Hosta "Alligator Shoes" information:
Size Category | medium - large |
Hosta height x width | 60x125 cm (24x49 in.) inches |
Leaf length x width | inches |
Vein pairs | 13 |
Leaf color | |
Variegation | edge |
Leaf type | pebbled |
Petiole | pebbled |
Scape | |
Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
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Flower length | |
Flowering period | July |
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Patents | |
Sports | 'Crocodile Socks' sport/gc 'See Ya Later' sport/yy |
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