This non-registered cultivar is
an open pollinated seedling of
Hosta
longipes forma hypoglauca from
Dr. Ralph (Herb) Benedict. It grows to 12 inches high and a spread of 30
inches with narrowly ovate shaped leaves of average substance.
The foliage has deep red dots on the petioles.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000), "...rivals 'One Man's
Treasure' for the hosta with the best red petioles."
Similar cultivars include H.
'Best of Twenty' and H. 'One
Man's Treasure'.
These 2010 photos come from the
