
Hosta "Urban Cowboy" review
Streaky breeder. A medium-sized mound of foliage that is chartreuse with yellow and creamy white streaks; very pale lavender flowers on two-foot scapes in July. Streaked sport of hosta 'Rhinestone Cowboy'. One of the hardest-to-get of the streaked plants raised by the late Ed Elslager, 'Urban Cowboy' was never really produced as such. A small number were found in the TC batch of it's stable margined form 'Rhinestone Cowboy'. Because it was never TCed itself after that we give it a technical OS rating despite these plants' TC origin. The background on this intriguing gold and cream streaker is 'Sea Prize' x 'Maekawa', and we believe it's fertile.
Hosta "Urban Cowboy" information:
Size Category | medium |
Hosta height x width | 33x70 cm (13x28 in.) inches |
Leaf length x width | 1815 1815 inches |
Vein pairs | 13-15 |
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Variegation | streaked |
Leaf type | very corrugated |
Petiole | very corrugated |
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Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
Flower | pale lavender |
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Flowering period | July |
Fertile | yes |
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