H. ‘Krossa Broad Band’

Overview

'Krossa Broad Band' was registered in 1991 under the names of G. Krossa and P. Ruh, with parentage given as unknown. The leaf is dark blue-green, 8.5 in (21.6 cm) long and 4.5 in (11.4 cm) wide with 10 vein pairs, edged by a chartreuse margin 0.25 to 0.5 in (0.6 to 1.3 cm) wide. Several later plants in the same show class carry wider edges, as the comparisons below show.

In the Garden

The plant was registered at 25 in (63.5 cm) across and 15 in (38.1 cm) high. Flowers are listed as pale violet and tubular, with bloom in mid-July in Ohio, where the record was made. Scapes are registered at 24 in (61.0 cm).

How it compares

'Bridgeville' shares the show class and the dark-leaf, light-edge pattern. Its margin is narrower, 0.38 in, light green to yellow and heavily rippled, and its habit is upright where the 'Krossa Broad Band' record names none. 'Bridgeville' also has scapes of 37 to 40 in and deep purple striped bell flowers. Pick it if those flowers matter more than the blue-green leaf color of 'Krossa Broad Band'.

'Handy Hatfield', another class member and a sport of 'Sun Glow', carries a much wider medium gold margin of 1.5 in on a medium green leaf. It is registered at 36 in across and 20 in high.

'Mayan Moon' is the third gold-edged option in this class, with a golden yellow margin of 1 to 1.5 in and a broader, corrugated leaf (8 by 7 in), on a mound-like plant registered at 40 in across.

Flowers and other notes

The registry entry gives no growth rate, habit, seed information or note on sun tolerance, and the margin color is recorded only as chartreuse, without saying whether it changes through the season. See our hosta care guide for general care.

Sources: AHS Registry records for 'Krossa Broad Band' (#3107), 'Bridgeville' (#798), 'Handy Hatfield' (#2433) and 'Mayan Moon' (#3694), hostaregistrar.org.