Hosta "Sum and Substance" review
Give Sum and Substance plenty of room to grow as this giant gets 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Sum and Substance is one of the largest varieties on the market. It falls into the “Giant” or “Jumbo” category. Reaching 3 feet in height with a 6 feet spread this plant is sure to turn some heads. With its large glossy green-gold leaves and attention grabbing size Sum and Substance makes a great specimen plant. Plants re fast growers as long as their water needs are met.
Hosta "Sum and Substance" information:
| Size Category | xtra large |
| Hosta height x width | 90x150 cm (35x59 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 45x38 cm (18x15 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 14-17 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | lutescent |
| Leaf type | thick, waxy, glossy, corrugated |
| Petiole | thick, waxy, glossy, corrugated |
| Scape | droops |
| Scape height | 180 cm (71 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 7.5 cm (3 in.) |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | limited/difficult |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 3-3-3 |
| Patents | |
| Sports | 'Abba Windows' sport/o 'American Idol' sport/gy 'Bankrupt' sport/wg 'Beauty Substance' sport/gy 'Blizzard' sport/os 'Bottom Line' sport/gy 'Buckeye' sport/gy 'Corona' sport/gy 'Crickett Bailedout' sport/gy 'David A. Haskell' sport/gy 'Domaine de Courson' sport/gg 'Eagle's Nest' sport/gy 'Emmett Armitage' sport/yg 'Ferris Wheel' sport/wy 'Final Summation' sport/yg 'Fran Godfrey' sport/yg 'Giantland Cup of Java' sport/os 'Gift of Sight' sport/yw 'Golden Piecrust' sport/yy 'Golden Substance' sport/yy 'Grand Total' sport/gg 'Green Gables' sport/gg 'Gunther's Prize' sport/o 'Honeysong Dream Edge' sport/yg 'Irish Hills' sport/gg 'Lady Isobel Barnett' sport/gy 'Lodestar' sport/gy 'Parhelion' sport/yw 'Pomp and Circumstance' sport/yy 'Prairie Sum Shine' sport/yy 'Shiny Substance' sport/yy 'Something Good' sport/yg 'Sum and Subtle' sport/yg 'Sum Cup-o-Joe' sport/o 'Sum It Up' sport/gy 'Sum Like it Hot' sport/os 'Sum of All' sport/gy 'Sum Piecrust' sport/gg 'Sum Streaker' sport/os 'Sum Sunfish' sport/gy 'Sum Total' sport/gy 'Sum Treasure' sport/yg 'Sum Upper Crust' sport/os 'Sum Whopper' sport/gy 'Summa Cum Laude' sport/gy 'Summary Judgement' sport/om 'Sumsational' sport/yg 'Supersonic' sport/gy 'Tiffney's Godzilla' sport/gy 'Titanic' sport/gy 'Totally Awe Sum' sport/o 'Variable Sum' sport/yg 'Vim and Vigor' sport/gg 'Watercolours' sport/o 'Windfall' sport/yg 'Winter Snow' sport/yw 'Zebson' sport/yy |
| Progeny | 'Abiqua Recluse' = 'White Vision' x PP 'Academy Ametrine' seedling 'Academy Purple Orb' seedling 'Academy Soaring Rugosity' seedling 'Barger Blue' seedling 'Bubba' seedling 'Courtesy' = PP x (x venusta) 'Emma' = "variegated seedling" x PP 'Euphoria' = PP x rupifraga 'First Kiss' = 'Delta Dawn' x PP 'Fragrant Gold' hybrid 'Golden Decade' = PP x (x venusta) 'Golden Memories' = PP x pycnophylla 'Grand Canyon' = PP x montana f. macrophylla 'Herman's Pride' = 'Gold Regal' x PP 'Hot Air Balloon' = 'Outrageous' x PP 'Hunter V. Berthelot' seedling 'Jaz' = PP x yingeri 'Jim Cooper' seedling 'Joyce Trott' = 'Flamboyant' x PP 'Kevin Kelley' hybrid 'Kiss Me Farewell' = 'Delta Dawn' x PP 'Kiss Me Kwick' = 'Delta Dawn' x PP 'Kitty Hawk' hybrid 'Leather Sheen' = PP x venusta 'Little Black Scape' hybrid 'Little Razor' = PP x (x venusta) 'Lovely Loretta' = PP x 'Ginko Craig' 'M. Owen Papuga' hybrid 'Marlu's Marla Jean' seedling 'Metallic Sheen' = PP x sieboldiana 'Elegans' 'Moby Dick' hybrid 'Nancy Gill' = PP x pycnophylla 'New Wave' = PP x venusta 'Old Coot' = PP x yingeri 'Ra' seedling 'Raleigh Remembrance' = PP x plantaginea 'Richard Taylor' = PP x 'Don Stevens' 'Righteous Rays' hybrid 'Rosedale Big Bopper' = PP x sieboldiana 'Elegans' 'Rosedale Genevieve' = 'Galaxy' x PP 'Sight for Sore Eyes' seedling 'Sir Cocky' = PP x montana 'Aureomarginata' 'Small Sum' seedling 'Stormy Lake' = PP x sieboldiana 'Elegans' 'Sum Enchanted' seedling 'Sum More Magic' seedling 'Tossed Salad' = PP x pycnophylla 'Warwick Ballerina' = pycnophylla x PP |
