Hosta "Fickle Blue Genes" review
Streaked blue - green, yellow, and cream, round, corrugated, cupped, and wavy foliage. 23" tall upright plant. One of the more popular breeding plants in recent history coming from Ed Elslager's program, this cross of Hosta 'William Lachman' Ч Hosta hypoleuca has produced some dandy offspring. Medium blue-green streaked leaves have a medium blue green margin which is slightly rippled, slightly shiny on top, glaucous bloom underneath, and a petiole that is streaked. Put it all on a medium-small upright growing clump and you have the picture.
Hosta "Fickle Blue Genes" information:
| Size Category | medium - large |
| Hosta height x width | 58x65 cm (23x26 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 24x22 cm (9x9 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 12 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | streaked |
| Leaf type | corrugated, cupped, wavy, round |
| Petiole | corrugated, cupped, wavy, round |
| Scape | streaked |
| Scape height | 50 cm (20 in.) |
| Flower | near white,lavender striped,tubular |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 4 cm (1.6 in.) |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | yes/breeder |
| Pod | green |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'Blue Wonder' sport/bb 'Faded Genes' sport/bb |
| Progeny | 'Blackhawk Creek' = PP x 'More Elegant' 'Brasstown Bald' = PP x 'Red Eye Cafй' 'Mauna Kea' = PP x 'Poison Dart Frog' 'Sycamore Creek' = PP x 'More Elegant' |
