H. ‘Linde’

Overview

'Linde' is a blue hosta registered by P. Ruh and P. Hofer of Ohio. The pod parent is a hybrid of 'Perry's True Blue'. The registrar has added a correction: the AHS Silver Book listed it under the wrong year, and the true registration year is 1987. Leaves are gray blue, 8 in (20.3 cm) by 6.5 in (16.5 cm), with 12 vein pairs.

In the Garden

The plant is registered at 21 in (53.3 cm) across and 17 in (43.2 cm) high. Near-white flowers are recorded from late June to mid-July on scapes of 18 in (45.7 cm). No habit or growth rate is listed.

How it compares

'Perry's True Blue', the parent line, is steel blue with a longer, narrower leaf, 12 in by 7 in, and 15 vein pairs, on a plant 25 in across and 21 in high. 'Linde' is registered smaller in both plant and leaf.

'Bruce's Blue' is in the same show class and close in leaf size, 7 in by 5.5 in, with a cordate base. It is registered wider and lower, at 24 in across and 12 in high.

'Catherine Ann' is another blue in this class, registered larger: intensely blue green with glaucous bloom on both surfaces, upright, 36 in across and 16 in high, with 16 vein pairs and scapes of 31 to 33 in.

Flowers and other notes

Because the source year was misprinted in the Silver Book, older lists may still show the wrong registration date; the record itself is silent on culture. See our hosta growing guide for the basics.

Sources: AHS Registry records for 'Linde' (#3419), 'Perry's True Blue' (#4303), 'Bruce's Blue' (#828) and 'Catherine Ann' (#944), hostaregistrar.org.