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 This is a
sport of
H. 'Francee' that was found
in a group of seedlings by
John Machen, Jr of Virginia. The same group of hosta
seedlings at Mobjack Nursery also produced H. 'Patriot'. Both cultivars
were registered in 1994. This is a 'Fortunei' type
hosta.
'Minuteman' forms a large size (23 inches high
by 50 inches wide)
 mound of slightly
wavy, occasionally cupped and slightly corrugated foliage. It
produces medium lavender flowers from late July into August but
rarely forms seed pods.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), this cultivar "...is one of two
tetraploid versions of 'Francee' found at Mobjack Nurseries in the early
1990s. It has become fairly common, only exceeded by 'Patriot'...differs
from 'Patriot' in having a whiter margin and darker green
centers."
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 An article by
Warren I. Pollack 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 interpretations. |
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 H.
'Minuteman', H. 'Patriot' and
H. 'Trailblazer'. |
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