Mississippi Delta

Hosta "Mississippi Delta" review

This giant blue-grey hosta from the Petryszyn breeding program is indeed a breakthrough plant. Each 5' wide clump stands upright, with the slightly rippled blue-grey leaves held outwardly. In midsummer, the enormous clumps are topped with 40" branched scapes, each ending in pure white flowers. Clumps must become established before scape branching is observed. Olga Petrysyn has concentrated on creating very large hostas in her hybridizing program, so it is years before she can tell if a plant is going to be good enough to name. This virtually guarantees that if a plant came out with her name behind it, there won't be any unpleasant surprises. The one we have here is a huge blue-grey plant with very large leaves that undoubtably will be one of the best in it's class.

Hosta "Mississippi Delta" information:

Size Category large
Hosta height x width 80x120 cm (31x47 in.) inches
Leaf length x width inches
Vein pairs 16-18
Leaf color
Variegation
Leaf type
Petiole
Scape branched
Scape height 100 cm (39 in.)
Flower white
Fragrant
Flower length
Flowering period
Fertile
Pod
Ploidy
Patents
Sports
Progeny 'Big Fella' = 'Fort Knox' x PP