Hosta "Purple Dwarf" review
Small clump, green leaves, purple flowers, fast multiplier. Hensen got it from England, Hodgkin Collection. E. Hodgkin raised it from "Hosta minor" seed from Japan. Compact, floriferous mound. Not really a dwarf.
Hosta "Purple Dwarf" information:
| Size Category | small - medium |
| Hosta height x width | 35x90 cm (14x35 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 13x9 cm (5x4 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 8-9 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf type | a bit wavy |
| Petiole | a bit wavy |
| Scape | not ridged,purple striped |
| Scape height | 100 cm (39 in.) |
| Flower | purple |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
| Flowering period | June - July - August |
| Fertile | limited/difficult |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'Twist of Dwarf' sport/wg |
| Progeny |
