H. ‘Lucille’

Overview

'Lucille' (2001) is a cross between two very different parents: the tiny, glossy, variegated 'Josephine' (pod parent, registered at 9 in across) and the big, plain 'Green Piecrust' (pollen parent, 57 in across). The seedling landed in between on size. Like 'Green Piecrust' it is plain green with a rippled edge; like 'Josephine' it is glossy, and the registrant points to that shine, the piecrust margin and heavy substance as its features.

In the Garden

'Lucille' is recorded as very shiny above and below, which neither of the medium greens compared below matches, with leaves that are lightly wavy and moderately corrugated. The clump is upright, and its dark green scapes are recorded at 36 to 46 in (91.4 to 116.8 cm) and the clump at 18 in high.

How it compares

'Green Piecrust', its pollen parent, gives the same plain green and the rippled margin on a plant registered far bigger: 30 in (76.2 cm) high and 57 in (144.8 cm) across, with 52 in scapes at the top of its range.

'Green Furrows' (1981) shares the dark green, glossy-topped leaf in the same show class but is registered only as 20 in (50.8 cm) across, with no height, scape or bloom data beyond lavender flowers, so less is known about it.

'Floramora' is a 2012 medium green of the same 30 in spread, but registered lower (16 in), with a fast growth rate against moderate here, and only slightly shiny; its pollen parent is H. plantaginea and its scapes are recorded as black.

Flowers and other notes

Flowers are near white with pale lavender stripes inside, from early July into early August in Brecksville, Ohio; "heavy substance" means thick leaves, though the registration makes no claim about what that protects against. For general care, see how to look after hostas.

Sources: AHS Registry records for 'Lucille' (#3551), 'Josephine' (#2911), 'Green Piecrust' (#2341), 'Green Furrows' (#2323) and 'Floramora' (#1821), hostaregistrar.org.