Hosta 'Lime Sours'
 

Registered by Madelon Gilligan of New Zealand in 2018, this miniature size (4.5 inches high by 14 inches wide) cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Lemon Lime'. The dark green leaves are elliptical, flat, dull on top and slightly shiny on the bottom. Its petioles are reddish up into the leaf base. Medium lavender flowers with stripes bloom from late November into December (June into July) on reddish colored scapes 6 to 10 inches tall followed by viable seeds in dark red pods.

The registration materials state: "...Small, neat, tough sibling of H. 'Mighty Min' and H. 'Lemon Honey' with reddish scapes, seed pods and petioles...Color holds entire season.."


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