Hosta "Kabitan" review
=sieboldii 'Kabitan'. =lancifolia var. thunbergiana f. kabitan. Old Japanese cultivar, since the Edo period. Narrow, yellowish-green leaves with a variable green edge. Especially bright in the Spring! Good multiplier with 1/2 day of morning sun and lots of water! Lavender flowers.
Hosta "Kabitan" information:
| Size Category | small |
| Hosta height x width | 30x70 cm (12x28 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 16x5 cm (6x2 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 4-5 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | medio |
| Leaf type | thin, lance, wavy |
| Petiole | thin, lance, wavy |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
| Flower | pale purple |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | |
| Flowering period | August |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'First Mate' sport/yg 'Green Eyes' sport or seedling 'Green Kabitan' sport/gg |
| Progeny | 'Bizarre' hybrid 'Blackfoot' hybrid 'Gold Colleen' seedling 'Gold Ribbon' = PP x 'Anne Arett' 'Gold Spring' hybrid 'Golden Oriole' = PP x 'Hadspen Heron' 'Golden Spades' hybrid 'Golden Wiggler' seedling 'Green Wiggles' = 'Maya' x PP 'Hadspen Samphire' = sieboldiana 'Elegans' x PP 'Hart's Tongue' seedling 'Kerplunk' seedling 'Lakeside Twiddle Dee' = PP x "seedling 9-14-7" 'Maui Rains' = PP x 'Saishu Jima' 'Peedee Gold Flash' seedling 'Santa Clara' hybrid 'Sea Sprite' hybrid 'Tucker Wave' = PP x (x 'Neat Splash') |
