Hosta "Gift of Sight" review
Leaves reflect sunlight, look like hands offering a gift. In 2008, Joy Adams of Monticello underwent two cornea transplants. To honor both of her cornea donors and also thank the Iowa Lions Eye Bank Joy developed and selected a unique seedling which she named and donated to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. This plant, with its cupped leaves gives the impression that someone is giving something away. It also resembles an actual cornea, with white margins on the leaves and slight ripples to the touch.
Hosta "Gift of Sight" information:
| Size Category | large |
| Hosta height x width | 53x85 cm (21x33 in.) inches |
| Leaf length x width | 33x25 cm (13x10 in.) inches |
| Vein pairs | 12 |
| Leaf color | |
| Variegation | edge |
| Leaf type | very shiny, cupped, folded, corrugated |
| Petiole | very shiny, cupped, folded, corrugated |
| Scape | green, red base |
| Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Fragrant | |
| Flower length | 6.5 cm (2.6 in.) |
| Flowering period | July - August - September |
| Fertile | |
| Pod | green |
| Ploidy | |
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