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 This
is one of those cases where there are two hostas
with the same name. One is registered and,
therefore, the "official" version of H. 'Color
Glory' while the other
is a non-registered plant and
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  Paul Aden of New York introduced this large size (26 inches high) cultivar
in 1980. It is green with multicolor streak
variegation. White, bell-shaped flowers are borne on
a 32 inch scape. It is a hybrid of H. 'Fascination' × H. 'Intrigue'.
Hosta Helper will call this plant
'Color Glory' (Aden)
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 Warren I. Pollack wrote an article in
The Hosta
Journal (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled
Doppelgänger Hostas: Fancy Name for
Look-alike Hostas, included a long list
of hostas which various hostaphiles, published articles
or other sources have indicated "look" the same. Some of
these are, in fact, the same plant with two or more
different names. Others are hostas that vary in some
minor trait which is not immediately discernable to the
casual observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom
traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren mentions,
hostaphiles
may differ as to the plants listed but then, their
opinions are based on visual observations and
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 H.
'Color Glory' and
H. 'Borwick
Beauty'. |
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 According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "The
registration description of 'Color Glory' does
not match the plant being sold in the nursery trade. The
registered plant probably no longer exists, while the
gold-centered H. 'Sieboldiana'-type can be commonly found. The latter
appears to be the same as 'Borwick Beauty'." |
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As
mentioned above, the plant commonly sold
as H. 'Color Glory' is not the
same as the one registered under that
name.
The Genus Hosta by
W. George Schmid (1991) lists
the descriptions; 1) as they appear in
the registration for The American Hosta
Society and 2) the traits of the plant
being sold.
Hosta Helper will call this plant
'Color Glory' (Sieboldiana) |
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Registration Description |
Commercial
Plant's Traits |
| 'Color Glory' (Aden) |
'Color Glory' (Sieboldiana) |
| 26 inches high by 34 inches wide |
30 inches high by 40 inches wide |
| Leaf 5 by 4 inches |
Leaf 9 by 8 inches |
| Green with multicolor streaks |
Blue-green with yellow medial
(center) |
| Cordate, flat leaves |
Round-cordate, cupped, rugose leaves |
| Funnel shape flowers |
Bell shape flowers |
| Sterile |
Fertile |
| H. 'Fascination' × H. 'Intrigue' |
Sport of H. 'Elegans' |
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