Hosta 'Sweet Home Chicago'

An 18 inch high tissue culture sport of H. 'Birchwood Parky's Gold', it was registered by Peter and Jane Ruh in 2002. The leaves are broadly ovate, slightly wavy and of smooth texture. Its lavender flowers bloom in July.

According to The Hosta Handbook by Mark Zilis (2000), "...a speciman plant, especially when paired with 'Parky's Prize', the green-centered sport of 'Birchwood Parky's Gold'."

Similar cultivars include H. 'Goldrush' and H. 'Parky's Perfection'.

These 2010 photos come from the Ralph (Herb) and Dorothy Benedict Hosta Hillside, tours and vendors at the 2010 American Hosta Society National Convention in Minnesota, Wade and Gatton Nursery and Arboretum, Toledo Botanical Garden and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

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