Hosta "Marilyn Monroe" review
=longipes 'Urajiro Hachijo' no. 4. This is a sister seedling of Alex Summers' Hosta 'Smokey' with rounded leaves, white backs, and red petioles. Much better than Hosta 'Grand Slam'. It also gives seedlings better than itself. Think these two hosta greats are onto something here. Alex and Jim , who are great friends, shared this batch of seed, which came from longipes 'Urajiro Hachijo'. This is from a small batch of TC plants Jim had done privately. Light colored leaves, uniform wavy edge, white back, leaves with every flower, pointed tip.
Hosta "Marilyn Monroe" information:
| Size Category | |
| Hosta height x width | 35x65 cm (14x26 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 17x14 cm (7x6 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 10 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf type | very rippled, cupped, twisted, very wavy |
| Petiole | very rippled, cupped, twisted, very wavy |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 35 cm (14 in.) |
| Flower | lavender,tubular |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | |
| Flowering period | September |
| Fertile | |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'Happy Birthday, Mr President' sport/os 'Jessica Alba' sport/yy 'Marilyn Monroe Streaked' sport/os 'Marilyn's Fest Dress' sport/os 'Misty Marilyn' sport/o 'Sharon Stone' sport/os |
| Progeny | 'Effervescence' = PP x ('Neptune' x 'Designer Genes') 'Frisian Ruffles' = PP x 'Sky Dancer' 'Holar Red Sea Shell' = PP x 'Maya Kingsnake' 'Prehensile' = PP x 'Ringtail' 'Skywriter' = PP x ('Neptune' x 'Smoke Signals') 'Valley's Favorite Muse' = 'Maya Kingsnake' x PP 'Valley's Frozen Rum' = PP x 'Valley's pycnophylla' 'Valley's Green Chute' seedling 'Valley's One of a Kind' seedling 'Valley's Rodeo' = PP x 'Ringtail' |
