H. ‘Linda Sue’
Hosta ‘Linda Sue’ is a registered cultivar () .
| Year registered | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Section class | I-5b (Giant) |
Overview
A sport of Hosta 'Frances Williams' registered in 1999, 'Linda Sue' is a giant cultivar distinguished by its intensely blue-green leaves with broad, greenish-yellow margins. The leaf blades reach 12 inches in length and 10 inches in width, with 18 vein pairs and a cordate base, while the margins extend approximately 4 inches wide and exhibit a slightly rippled texture.
In the Garden
'Linda Sue' forms a slow-growing, mound-like clump reaching 24 inches in height and 40 inches in diameter at maturity. It performs best in partial to full shade, as is typical for blue-leaved hostas, and requires consistent moisture to maintain leaf quality. Its substantial size makes it suitable as a specimen or background plant in woodland gardens, alongside ferns, astilbes, or other shade-tolerant perennials.
Care Notes
Provide regular water during dry periods, particularly in the first growing season, and apply a balanced fertilizer in early spring as new growth emerges. Like many large-leaved hostas, 'Linda Sue' is susceptible to slug and deer damage in typical hosta-growing zones.
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Size and leaf
| Clump height | 24 in (61 cm) |
|---|---|
| Clump width | 40 in (101.6 cm) |
| Leaf length | 12 in (30.5 cm) |
| Leaf width | 10 in (25.4 cm) |
| Vein pairs | 18 |
| Leaf | intensely blue green with 4in (10.2cm) wide, greenish yellow, slightly rippled margins |
| Flower scape height | 18–24 in (45.7–61.0 cm) |
From the American Hosta Society Registry record.
Parentage
- Sport parent: Sport of H. 'Frances Williams' — H. ‘Frances Williams’
In the registry, its sport parent H. ‘Frances Williams’ is itself a sport of H. ‘Elegans’.
2 published registry records name Hosta ‘Linda Sue’ as a parent: 2 sports.
Sports of H. ‘Linda Sue’ (2), by registration year
- H. ‘Laverne and Shirley’ (2009)
- H. ‘Lucy and Ethel’ (2009)
From the pod, pollen and sport parent fields of American Hosta Society Registry records.
Similar cultivars
Other registered hostas in the same AHS section class (I-5b, giant size):
- H. ‘David A. Haskell’ (1999)
- H. ‘Liberty’ (2000)
- H. ‘Frances Williams’ (1986)
- H. ‘Day's End’ (1999)
- H. ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’ (1999)
- H. ‘Sum It Up’ (1999)
Related guides
Registration data: AHS Registry #3418. How we check this data.