Hosta "August Moon" review
This is a perennial plant, with leaves of medium size (20-23 cm). The leaves are dull, slightly wavy, corrugated, with a cone-shaped top and strong venation. Plant height can be up to 40 cm and diameter up to 70 cm. The color of leaves is light green, changes to yellow at the end of the season. Hosta August Moon blossoms in July. Flowers are lilac, collected together on the peduncles. Hosta is an unpretentious and cold resistant plant, undemanding in maintaining. Hosta grows in all the types of soil, but it should be taken into account that constant moisture and the presence of nutrients in the soil are necessary for good development and growth.
Hosta "August Moon" information:
| Size Category | |
| Hosta height x width | 60x110 cm (24x43 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 23x20 cm (9x8 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 10-11 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | lutescent |
| Leaf type | good, corrugated, a bit wavy, nround rounded |
| Petiole | good, corrugated, a bit wavy, nround rounded |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 65 cm (26 in.) |
| Flower | lavender,tubular |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 2.5 cm (1 in.) |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | yes/breeder |
| Pod | greenish-yellow |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'Abiqua Moonbeam' sport/gy'August Beauty' sport/gy'August Emerald' sport/gg'August Moon Green' sport/gg'August Moonlight' sport/wg'Carolina Moon' sport/gw'Carols August Halo' sport/gw'Crystal Moon' sport/gy'Dark Moon' sport/gy'Dianne' sport/o'Dusty Moon' sport/yy'Earthshine' sport/gw'First Moon' sport/gy'Gosan August Clouds' sport/os'Gosan Moonskirt' sport/yw'Green August Moon' sport/gg'Harvest Moon' sport/'Indiana Knight' sport/gy'Indiana Moonshine' sport/yg'Iowa Moon' sport/yg'Jupiter' sport/gy'Kiwi Kaniere Gold' sport/yy'Kiwi Sunlover' sport/gy'Lunar Eclipse' sport/gw'Lunar Orbit' sport/yg'Lunar Sea' sport/yg'Mayan Moon' sport/gy'Moon over Lake Erie' sport/gy'Muted Moon' sport/gy'Rainbow's Moon' sport/gy'Randy Rachel' sport/yc'Richland Mayan Moon' sport/gy'Ring Around the Moon' sport/yb'September Sun' sport/yg'September Sunrise' sport/yg'September Surprise' sport/yg'Watermark' sport/o'Xanadu Paisley' sport/o'Xela' sport/gy |
| Progeny | 'Ada Reed' = PP x 'Sun Glow''Alpine Aire' = PP x 'Wogon''Amos' = PP x 'On Stage''Andy Taylor' = PP x 'Tardiflora''Balsam' hybrid'Barney Fife' = PP x 'Tardiflora''China Doll' hybrid'Copenhagen Blue' seedling'Crested Reef' = PP x 'Ruffles''Felix' hybrid'Glory' hybrid'Gold Drop' = venusta x PP'Green Moon' seedling'Honey Moon' = venusta x PP'Ladies Choice' hybrid'Maui Buttercups' = 'Frances Williams' x PP'Michigan Gold' = PP x 'Aspen Gold''Mogul' = PP x 'Tokudama''Moon Glow' hybrid'Moon Waves' seedling'Purple Moon' seedling'Squash Casserole' = 'Hirao Elite' x PP'Summer Dress' = PP x kikutii |
