Hosta "Beet Salad" review
This is very unique hosta and a hybridizer's dream. Yes, I am letting the genie out of the bottle. 'Beet Salad' has beet red petioles and beet red scapes with rich purple flowers in July to be sure, but it also has a thin, beet red margin, if only one vein wide. This hosta has great pollen and does set red seed pods and appears to pass along the red margin. It is the first wave of the future of red hostas. Named for a wonderful meal in Minnesota.
Hosta "Beet Salad" information:
| Size Category | small - medium |
| Hosta height x width | 28x65 cm (11x26 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 17x8 cm (7x3 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 5-6 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf type | thin, |
| Petiole | thin, |
| Scape | beet red |
| Scape height | 60 cm (24 in.) |
| Flower | purple |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 5 cm (2 in.) |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | red |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Considering Concordville' = PP x 'Grateful Red' 'First Blush' = PP x "48/49 seedling" 'Lemon Kiss' = PP x 'Smiley Face' |
