Hosta 'Olympic Torch'

Registered by Randy Goodwin of Indiana in 2009, this upright growing cultivar is a hybrid of H. 'Kevin Kelley'. It is a large size hosta growing to about 24 inches in height with a spread of around 36 inches. The leaves are greenish yellow, broadly ovate, moderately corrugated, deeply cupped and slightly shiny on top. Tubular flowers bloom from mid-July into August on scapes 30 to 42 inches long.

According to the registration materials: "...an ascending spiral of upright leaves twist like a flame...yellow intensifies as season progresses..."


   

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